Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (4th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 96 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 46.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	43.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 21:22
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing way below expectations (4^th 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Memory 61.7 1-Core 57.7 2-Core 84.7 43% 68 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 255 27% 215 Pts	64-Core 332 20% 332 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.8% Average	Lighting 56.4 Reflection 51.1 Parallax 63.2 46% 56.9 fps	MRender 44.8 Gravity 45 Splatting 53.4 40% 47.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 35 29 28 24 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 343 Write 52.8 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 32.6 26% 123 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 27.5 4K Mixed 10.4 46% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 46.5 DQ Mixed 109 79% 106 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 413GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 342 344 273 268 255 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 357 Write 348 Mixed 328 SusWrite 303 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 27.2 90% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 214 159% 211 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 7.5 21% 7.43 GB/s	SC Read 3.8 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 4.3 12% 4.2 GB/s	Latency 123 33% 123 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 40%

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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%

Surfboard

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