Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 47.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	87.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.7% 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '23 at 01:00
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Memory 69.8 1-Core 52.1 2-Core 97.7 46% 73.2 Pts	4-Core 146 8-Core 182 21% 164 Pts	64-Core 158 10% 158 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 8732) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 118 Parallax 105 89% 111 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 97 Splatting 91.9 85% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct250mx5 0 250GB 930 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 264 317 298 221 353 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 387 Write 346 Mixed 369 SusWrite 284 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 27 92% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 154 119% 162 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 117%
Team T25 31TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 299GB free Firmware: SBFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 268 333 335 369 372 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 250 Write 104 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 322 43% 191 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 9.6 39% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 16.3 DQ Write 16.8 DQ Mixed 14.9 12% 16 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 74%
General UDisk 64GB 461 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 36GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 25.6 17% 25.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 5,347 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	34.5% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 10 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 10.1 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	42	20	60	24"	1920 1017	SAM058B SyncMaster

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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	426x
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	107x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	67x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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