Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 46.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	14% 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.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 04:21
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 2.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	46.7% Average	Memory 79.4 1-Core 78.1 2-Core 148 61% 102 Pts	4-Core 81.7 8-Core 104 12% 92.6 Pts	64-Core 127 8% 127 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 054F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1417 MHz, MLim: 1680 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Lighting 14.1 Reflection 26.5 Parallax 19.1 12% 19.9 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 13.9 Splatting 27 19% 22.7 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 62GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 41 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 88 88 208 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 226	31.8% Below average	Read 354 Write 90 Mixed 141 42% 195 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 21.5 4K Mixed 3.85 32% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 26.9 DQ Mixed 5.99 21% 49.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 99%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 586GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 217 162 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1093 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1054 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 263 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1088 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 37 (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	43.5% Average	Read 93.7 Write 57.4 Mixed 76.2 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.3 95% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 57%

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 above expectations (63^rd percentile)	40.5% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 14.1 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 7.2 17% 5.87 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 46%

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Typical M5A97 LE R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,455 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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