Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 36.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	19.5% 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	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 24 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '22 at 17:10
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 B24 2,045 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Memory 60.1 1-Core 41.5 2-Core 82.5 39% 61.4 Pts	4-Core 70.7 8-Core 83 10% 76.8 Pts	64-Core 85.2 5% 85.2 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Nvidia(10DE 098A) 1.5GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Lighting 21.7 Reflection 25.3 Parallax 30.9 18% 26 fps	MRender 32.7 Gravity 28.8 Splatting 24.3 23% 28.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS13 11 240GB SSD 452 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 147 112 124 87 178 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 423 Write 385 Mixed 309 SusWrite 146 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 20.4 91% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 70.2 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 18.3 41% 82.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 135GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 105 107 109 109 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 109 Write 108 Mixed 96.5 SusWrite 106 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 109%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 835GB free Firmware: 1AG0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 87.2 Write 44.3 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 90.5 50% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991585 (996585) BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 991585 (996585) BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.1% Poor	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 10.3 23% 8.03 GB/s	Latency 127 31% 127 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 29%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	426x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	389x
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	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $334

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16