Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 58.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	82.7% 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	38.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '20 at 16:03
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	62%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	58.4% Above average	Memory 69.3 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 142 55% 94.4 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 436 42% 347 Pts	64-Core 148 9% 148 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 119 Parallax 126 82% 115 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 81.5 83% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
V Series SATA SSD 240GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: V3.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 84 106 112 97 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 407 Write 206 Mixed 129 SusWrite 102 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 25.3 4K Mixed 6.6 46% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 38.9 DQ Mixed 10.5 24% 50.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 89%
V Series SATA SSD 120GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 86GB free Firmware: V3.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 366 358 350 358 351 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 407 Write 336 Mixed 282 SusWrite 350 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 49.3 4K Mixed 9.8 67% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 84.2 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 16.9 42% 85.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 67%
Seagate ST1000DM 010-2EP102 1TB 10,780 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 802GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 189 190 184 191 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 181 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 188 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 616GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 155 156 152 153 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 161 Mixed 134 SusWrite 154 115% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 10.4 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 6.9 17% 5.87 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 55%

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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	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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $334

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16