Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 13:53
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 79.1 1-Core 50 2-Core 97.2 49% 75.4 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 269 28% 228 Pts	64-Core 271 17% 271 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 303E) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.87% Terrible	Lighting 1.13 Reflection 1 Parallax 1.47 1% 1.2 fps	MRender 0.95 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1 1% 0.93 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.87% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1431 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1118 (B1) Unknown 98 98 27 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 44 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 173 (EB) Unknown 99 99 252 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6545887108	75.9% Very good	Read 482 Write 334 Mixed 382 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 27.4 99% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 56.2 61% 102 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 789GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 216597008 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1926 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 616302 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1208 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1056 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 82159861793 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10240 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 -140737488355295 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 91530048045323 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2454492799 (F2) Unknown 100 253 363418786	104% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 183 Mixed 170 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.34 110% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 1x4GB 2,192 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.9% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 8 23% 7.97 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 7.8 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 34%

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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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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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	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