Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.25% 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	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 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.

High background CPU (27%). 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	4.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120717
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '19 at 09:38
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 78.7 1-Core 40.4 2-Core 108 48% 75.6 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 248 27% 215 Pts	64-Core 252 16% 252 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% PNY(196E 0974) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 306.23 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.25% Terrible	Lighting 10.4 Reflection 9.35 Parallax 10.8 8% 10.2 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 12.8 Splatting 13.1 11% 13.2 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.25% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 60 51 65 67 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 70.2 Write 40.5 Mixed 40.8 SusWrite 57 38% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 67%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 6GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 95 95 97 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 96 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 95.5 55% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 108%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 907GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 94 95 93 99 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 78.5 Write 84.7 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 95.8 53% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 101%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1.5TB 2,135 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 50.5 Write 57.8 Mixed 21.8 54% 43.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	42.6% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 54%

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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 $175Bench 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 i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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