Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13% 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	37.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '22 at 21:34
Run Duration	518 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 56.7 2-Core 139 59% 95.6 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 358 36% 291 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% ASRock(1849 5001) 2GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Lighting 12.7 Reflection 25.2 Parallax 21.4 10% 19.8 fps	MRender 25.3 Gravity 15.9 Splatting 24.5 18% 21.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T25 3X6001T 1TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: S121 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 193 189 108 11 15 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.5% Below average	Read 251 Write 229 Mixed 206 SusWrite 115 45% 200 MB/s	4K Read 9.5 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 11.4 46% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 34.2 58% 110 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 94%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 300GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 45 55 66 64 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 69.9 Write 49.2 Mixed 36 SusWrite 56.8 39% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 44%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 20GB free Firmware: 04.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 73 89 88 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 99.1 Mixed 48.6 SusWrite 77.2 59% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 68%
SanDisk Extreme 55AE 1TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 663GB free, PID 55ae Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 23 27 26 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 24 Write 20.5 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 24 31% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 2.7 222% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 365%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.8% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 16.4 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.1 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 46%

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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 $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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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $377

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Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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