Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 53.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	45% 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	57.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '19 at 18:06
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	53.2% Above average	Memory 72 1-Core 52.1 2-Core 94.9 47% 73 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 273 29% 231 Pts	64-Core 277 17% 277 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45% Average	Lighting 48 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 64 39% 47.9 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 69 Splatting 68.3 56% 69 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 183 204 206 208 205 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 457 Write 169 Mixed 207 SusWrite 194 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 12.7 76% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 18.4 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 77.4 70% 101 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 78%
SSD 120GB 120GB 4,995 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 59GB free Firmware: Q0616B SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 76 77 77 78 77 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 464 Write 160 Mixed 314 SusWrite 87 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 20.5 94% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 18.3 61% 132 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 81%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 48GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 45 51 53 48 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 54.2 Write 48.7 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 48.5 32% 44.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 58%
WD WD800ABJS-23TEA0 80GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 46GB free Firmware: 01.00A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 55 55 55 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 51 Write 50.9 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 54.1 36% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 30%
Mass Storage Device 500GB 5,742 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 285GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 27 Write 8.8 Mixed 10.4 SusWrite 24.7 22% 17.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 83% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5403-034.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	24.2% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 7.7 23% 8.17 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.8 16% 5.7 GB/s	Latency 96.9 41% 96.9 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 30%

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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 $175Bench 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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Total price: $334

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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