Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	87.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	39.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '18 at 08:12
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	66%

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Memory 76.3 1-Core 45.2 2-Core 85.6 45% 69 Pts	4-Core 135 8-Core 140 18% 137 Pts	64-Core 168 10% 168 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 129 Parallax 121 85% 118 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 133 Splatting 104 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC01.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 51 47 48 49 47 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.1% Below average	Read 85 Write 195 Mixed 238 SusWrite 57.9 33% 144 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 25.5 66% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 58.6 92% 177 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 91%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 181GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 89 86 90 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 72.3 Write 74.5 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 87.7 50% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 86%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 95GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 51 52 51 52 53 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 41 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 51.8 30% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 35%
WD WD3200AAVS-00ZTB0 320GB 568 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 7GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 44 46 44 47 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 45 Write 45.5 Mixed 33 SusWrite 45.3 31% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.5% Poor	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 10.9 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 4.1 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 6.3 14% 4.9 GB/s	Latency 87.8 46% 87.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 70%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	425x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	387x
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	65x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
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 $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16