Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics110% 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 Drive79.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus M5A97 LE R2.0  (all builds)
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160324
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 14 '18 at 22:45
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User PRT-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
66.3% Good
Memory 86.2
1-Core 75.2
2-Core 132
61% 97.6 Pts
4-Core 252
8-Core 439
42% 346 Pts
64-Core 451
28% 451 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 66.3%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 377A) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
110% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 184
Parallax 193
112% 172 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 165
Splatting 127
113% 140 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 110%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 210 215 206 210 203 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
79.3% Very good
Read 423
Write 231
Mixed 254
SusWrite 202
62% 278 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 70.3
4K Mixed 37.6
128% 45.4 MB/s
DQ Read 275
DQ Write 184
DQ Mixed 225
169% 228 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 79.3%
Great: 93%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
885GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 176 177 178 177 177 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
100% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 170
Mixed 106
SusWrite 177
115% 156 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 100%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE F3-1600C11-8GIS 16GB
1333, 1333 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
47.3% Average
MC Read 18.6
MC Write 15.4
MC Mixed 16.3
48% 16.8 GB/s
SC Read 10.7
SC Write 8.8
SC Mixed 14.2
32% 11.2 GB/s
Latency 71.1
56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 47.3%
Great: 47%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical M5A97 LE R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,455 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $334
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