Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 55.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.15% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	18 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 01:24
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55.6% Above average	Memory 78.5 1-Core 64.1 2-Core 114 54% 85.7 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 227 26% 206 Pts	64-Core 231 14% 231 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B E164) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.15% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 1.85 Parallax 1.62 1% 1.61 fps	MRender 1.81 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.74 1% 1.46 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.15% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0330AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 64 54 55 42 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 452 Write 395 Mixed 363 SusWrite 80 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 30 98% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 213 162% 219 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 92%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 51GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 122 120 121 121 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 120 72% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. PSD38G16002 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. PSD38G16002 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.7% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12.1 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 83.3 48% 83.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 52%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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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Total price: $377

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