Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 55.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	31.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). 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	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '20 at 20:08
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (54^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, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	55.3% Above average	Memory 75.7 1-Core 56.6 2-Core 105 50% 79 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 300 30% 245 Pts	64-Core 299 18% 299 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B E249) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Lighting 40.9 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 49.7 33% 40 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 35.9 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 32%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$45 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 896GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 61 75 64 83 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 60.2 Write 36.8 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 66.3 37% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL11 Series 8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	41.8% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 13.8 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 10.7 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 88.9 45% 88.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 48%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	429x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	391x
FX-8320AMD $153Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	205x

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	67x

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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Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406