Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 40.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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 (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	0.2 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '21 at 02:35
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Memory 68.8 1-Core 15 2-Core 31.1 30% 38.3 Pts	4-Core 72.3 8-Core 98.8 11% 85.6 Pts	64-Core 139 9% 139 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1067) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.4% Good	Lighting 86.4 Reflection 85.7 Parallax 81.6 70% 84.6 fps	MRender 64.2 Gravity 79.3 Splatting 70.9 59% 71.5 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 147 136 136 142 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 412 Write 181 Mixed 206 SusWrite 141 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 31.2 104% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 180 142% 200 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 866GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 179 161 170 178 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 164 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 173 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 215% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT6GX3M3A1866C9 3x2GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	11.2% Very poor	MC Read 5 MC Write 4.8 MC Mixed 1.1 10% 3.63 GB/s	SC Read 0.4 SC Write 0.4 SC Mixed 0.4 1% 0.4 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 51%

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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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Desktop 65%

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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 $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