Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.4% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '16 at 22:26
Run Duration	89 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 80.1 1-Core 61.8 2-Core 120 54% 87.1 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 314 33% 264 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36C5) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 37 Reflection 35 Parallax 31.6 30% 34.5 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 32.5 Splatting 33.4 28% 34.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 28%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 495GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 229 225 8525 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4637 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11935 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3360 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 284 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4601 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.8% Above average	Read 95 Write 85.3 Mixed 83.2 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1866 C11 4x4GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.6% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.7 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 100%

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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 $184	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