Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '17 at 17:12
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 134 60% 97.4 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 422 41% 335 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Sapphire(174B E144) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 11 Parallax 14 12% 13.3 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.5 9% 11.3 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 883GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 162 5858 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 314 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 280 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 314 (C2) HDA temperature 110 97 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.7% Average	Read 94.1 Write 54.3 Mixed 83.7 59% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.29 90% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 57%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$54 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 213GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208262985 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3752 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 256586313 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3760 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032840 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 48 639369253 (C2) HDA temperature 37 52 68719476773 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 43 208262985 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -13670880887812 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3681083547 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2628492055	48.9% Average	Read 85.6 Write 84.7 Mixed 85.7 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.35 96% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 58%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 160GB-$34 2,739 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 128GB free Firmware: GMBOA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 131072 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 107 107 12897353920 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2569 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2515 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3275 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3275 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 257699086374 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	40% Average	Read 69.7 Write 69.4 Mixed 66 52% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.43 102% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-4GBRL F3-10666CL9-4GBRL F3-10666CL9-4GBXL 12GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 8.7 28% 9.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9.1 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 46%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	426x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	389x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	203x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	107x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	67x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	46x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	32x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	26x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $334

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16