Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	27% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	12.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121115
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '20 at 11:52
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	94%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Memory 52.3 1-Core 25 2-Core 45.8 28% 41 Pts	4-Core 61.1 8-Core 97.1 10% 79.1 Pts	64-Core 96 6% 96 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 254C) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27% Poor	Lighting 32.8 Reflection 26.1 Parallax 47.7 27% 35.5 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 38 Splatting 34.7 27% 33.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 32 31 27 38 32 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	12.9% Very poor	Read 166 Write 38.9 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 32.8 17% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 3.4 14% 4.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 167 168 168 170 177 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 150 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 168 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 SUPERTALENT02 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 SUPERTALENT02 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.9% Very poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 7 21% 7.2 GB/s	SC Read 3.8 SC Write 3 SC Mixed 3.9 10% 3.57 GB/s	Latency 152 26% 152 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 30%

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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	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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Total price: $377

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