Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 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 51%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	55% 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	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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 (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	15.9 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	May 12 '21 at 06:57
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	70%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	51% Above average	Memory 65.9 1-Core 61.6 2-Core 106 48% 77.9 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 297 31% 247 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	55% Above average	Lighting 67 Reflection 72.7 Parallax 69.6 55% 69.8 fps	MRender 65.2 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 67.5 56% 68.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 117 126 134 129 124 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39% Below average	Read 242 Write 153 Mixed 177 SusWrite 128 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 9.8 56% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 32.7 46% 88 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 86%
WD Game Drive 2TB 1,307 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 943GB free, PID 2630 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 89 83 86 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 72 Write 92.9 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 83.6 106% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 68%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 1,230 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 55GB free, PID 2312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 57.9 Write 43.7 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 62.4 69% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 39%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 10GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 17 15 17 17 18 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	6.43% Terrible	Read 13.2 Write 6 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 16.5 14% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.43% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G 20GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	21% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 7.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 5.4 14% 4.87 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 59%

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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	428x
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	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 $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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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $377

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16