Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 11 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.

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

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '21 at 14:46
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 92 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 149 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 436 41% 343 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% ASRock(1849 5001) 2GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Lighting 16.2 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 21.6 13% 21.7 fps	MRender 25.2 Gravity 15.9 Splatting 20 17% 20.4 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 55 45 44 43 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 84.3 Write 79.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 45.4 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 68%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 22GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 64 59 58 59 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	39% Below average	Read 75.8 Write 63.5 Mixed 46 SusWrite 59.5 45% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$54 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 134GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 60 59 61 57 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 103 Write 95.5 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 60.1 60% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 58%
SanDisk Extreme 55AE 1TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 785GB free, PID 55ae Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 25 25 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 27.8 Write 25.3 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 25.4 36% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 6.2 442% 6.47 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 365%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.6% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 16.7 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 10.9 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 46%

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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	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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