Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 54.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	46.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	22.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '19 at 03:23
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 78.4 1-Core 47.3 2-Core 90.8 47% 72.2 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 255 26% 210 Pts	64-Core 233 14% 233 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.7% Average	Lighting 56.6 Reflection 64 Parallax 83.9 46% 68.1 fps	MRender 65.7 Gravity 59.7 Splatting 52.6 48% 59.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 6.7 140 8.4 159 88 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	22.3% Poor	Read 60.5 Write 10.5 Mixed 9.8 SusWrite 83.2 9% 41 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 27.7 39% 11.4 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 89%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 44GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 325 315 318 294 304 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 374 Write 384 Mixed 285 SusWrite 309 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 27.4 94% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 131 119% 180 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 105%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 839GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 108 107 110 108 108 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 114 Write 112 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 108 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 82%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 460GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 62 66 67 67 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 112 Write 98.2 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 65 56% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 08G-D3-1600-MR 4x4GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	40.1% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 14.6 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 10.6 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 66%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	425x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	387x
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 $38Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $334

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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