Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


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 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 48.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.95% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	53.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '22 at 03:34
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Memory 59 1-Core 62.9 2-Core 120 48% 80.7 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 298 32% 254 Pts	64-Core 328 20% 328 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 2270) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	8.95% Terrible	Lighting 11 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 15.1 9% 13.2 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 11 Splatting 9.6 9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.95% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Klevv NEO N400 SSD 120GB 486 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 105 116 43 58 65 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.7% Above average	Read 32.4 Write 113 Mixed 132 SusWrite 84.2 21% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 30.3 121% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 165 143% 211 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 298GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 132 132 133 134 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 122 Mixed 71.6 SusWrite 132 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992101 (997101) 2x4GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	30.4% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 12 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 10.3 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 131 31% 131 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 59%

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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	427x
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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16