Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.56% 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	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 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '18 at 12:37
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	36%

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 Athlon II X2 270-$20 6,369 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Memory 71 1-Core 49.1 2-Core 85.5 44% 68.5 Pts	4-Core 71.3 8-Core 93.7 10% 82.5 Pts	64-Core 96.9 6% 96.9 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2938) 1GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	7.56% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 30.5 0% 19.9 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 31.5 22% 26.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 7.56% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 111 87 76 98 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	51% Above average	Read 82.7 Write 114 Mixed 71 SusWrite 95.1 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 79%
Sony Hard Drive 1TB 2,286 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 119GB free, PID 05bf Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 34 31 32 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 39.4 Write 32.3 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 32.7 45% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD34G13332 VCOLOR-TD2G16C9-H8 VCOLOR-TD2G16C9-H8 8GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.1% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 11.2 26% 9.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.3 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 99 40% 99 ns

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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%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $334

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) $30	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