Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.4% 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	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '18 at 13:30
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 69.9 2-Core 122 57% 91.6 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 426 40% 332 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 254C) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.8.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 58.7 37% 45.3 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 39.9 30% 36.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY XLR8 120GB-$150 48 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 560ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 104 110 104 106 108 MB/s Performing below potential (93^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.9% Above average	Read 231 Write 118 Mixed 140 SusWrite 107 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 25.7 91% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 134 106% 148 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 39%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 14GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 97 98 98 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 72 Mixed 68 SusWrite 99.4 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 119GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 114 116 114 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 113 Write 80 Mixed 69 SusWrite 114 69% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 200GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 85 86 86 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 85.8 Write 87.7 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 85.1 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 47%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical M5A97 LE R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,453 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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 $182	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