Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 50.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	17.7% 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	84.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 8 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '18 at 02:39
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core-$40 5,908 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Memory 79 1-Core 51.5 2-Core 76.4 47% 69 Pts	4-Core 124 8-Core 219 21% 171 Pts	64-Core 258 16% 258 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 20 Splatting 26.1 20% 24.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 243 196 108 81 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 443 Write 253 Mixed 376 SusWrite 163 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 45.3 148% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 260 188% 244 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 886GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 137 137 134 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 126 Write 120 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 135 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	29.6% Poor	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 4 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 6.6 15% 5.2 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 72%

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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 $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	424x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	386x
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	65x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $344

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16