Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	71% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '19 at 03:18
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 135 61% 98.2 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 294 34% 267 Pts	64-Core 296 18% 296 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC3) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71% Very good	Lighting 90 Reflection 83.3 Parallax 77 73% 83.4 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 79.9 Splatting 72.2 66% 82.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 128 115 62 39 164 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 459 Write 414 Mixed 272 SusWrite 130 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 21.2 91% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 58.3 DQ Mixed 77.9 63% 90.8 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ABA100V 1TB 5,116 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 700GB free Firmware: MU2OA720 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 31 36 30 32 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 38% Great: 85%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 2TB 4,801 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 382GB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 61 Write 49.5 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 99.9 49% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.5% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12.3 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 73%

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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 $279	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 $184	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