Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '18 at 23:29
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 73.4 2-Core 145 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 392 41% 329 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 153 Parallax 142 114% 145 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 142 Splatting 114 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 283 280 293 294 291 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 414 Mixed 328 SusWrite 296 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 51.6 170% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 260 195% 260 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 6.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 168 174 183 187 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 181 Mixed 103 SusWrite 177 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.1 288% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 1,053 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.9 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 79%

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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	425x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	387x
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 $38Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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