Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 39.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	30.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '18 at 13:33
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	39.9% Below average	Memory 64.4 1-Core 18.4 2-Core 51.2 31% 44.7 Pts	4-Core 85.8 8-Core 163 15% 125 Pts	64-Core 161 10% 161 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 3544) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	3.49% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 4.92 Parallax 3.5 4% 4.24 fps	MRender 5.81 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.49% Great: 5%
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 809F) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.78% Terrible	Lighting 2.23 Reflection 2.58 Parallax 1.78 2% 2.2 fps	MRender 2.33 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 1.78 2% 2.12 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.78% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 815GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 372 371 365 374 358 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 435 Write 382 Mixed 360 SusWrite 369 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 27 89% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 205 156% 210 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 125%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 121GB free Firmware: 3CNR SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 48 48 48 49 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 47.2 Write 47.9 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 48.2 33% 44.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT2TXOB 4x8GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 12.7 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 8.5 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	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 $269	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16