Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 49.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	18.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '20 at 05:08
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	94%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Memory 78.3 1-Core 22.8 2-Core 46.1 36% 49.1 Pts	4-Core 119 8-Core 217 20% 168 Pts	64-Core 227 14% 227 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100 26,726 User benchmarks, average bench 18% MSI(1462 8098) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.2.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Lighting 21.9 Reflection 28.1 Parallax 26.2 18% 25.4 fps	MRender 24.5 Gravity 20.5 Splatting 30.1 21% 25 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 20%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 75 60 81 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 167 Write 171 Mixed 84 SusWrite 68.5 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,895 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	MC Read 16 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 15.4 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 3.4 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 8.8 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 82%

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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%

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 $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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Value: 88% - Excellent

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