Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 52.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.6% 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	74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120917
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '20 at 18:49
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6330 Six-Core 152 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Memory 70.9 1-Core 24.4 2-Core 70.2 37% 55.2 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 290 29% 236 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 2312) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1244 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.6% Below average	Lighting 32.5 Reflection 40.7 Parallax 76.7 26% 50 fps	MRender 63.7 Gravity 59 Splatting 52.9 47% 58.5 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$137 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 596GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 346 379 366 384 385 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 415 Write 378 Mixed 373 SusWrite 364 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 30.1 98% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 153 108% 134 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 133%
Patriot Blaze 60GB-$62 661 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 12GB free Firmware: S9FM SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 30 37 27 26 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 302 Write 47.3 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 26 24% 114 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 8.6 52% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 92.7 DQ Write 59.7 DQ Mixed 11.5 26% 54.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 184 187 188 188 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 170 Mixed 131 SusWrite 186 125% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra 123GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 31GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	1.97% Terrible	Read 0.8 Write 0.8 Mixed 0.8 SusWrite 0.9 1% 0.83 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 36% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 1.97% Great: 39%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 259GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 33 33 33 33 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 29 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 33 41% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD34G13332 PSD34G13332 PSD34G13332 PSD34G133381 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 7.8 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 99.4 40% 99.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 44%

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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	428x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	390x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	204x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	108x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	67x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	51x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 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

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