Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.2%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	70.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 9 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '19 at 16:08
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD FX-8320-$95 62,101 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	53.2% Above average	SC Int 75.8 SC Float 66.8 SC Mixed 71.2 57% 71.3 Pts	QC Int 285 QC Float 244 QC Mixed 259 60% 263 Pts	MC Int 473 MC Float 403 MC Mixed 468 67% 448 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$170 162,154 User benchmarks, average bench 70% PowerColor(148C 2378) CLim: 1350 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.2 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Lighting 173 Reflection 176 Parallax 310 69% 220 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 218 Splatting 130 72% 163 fps
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 77%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 500GB (2012) 15,036 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 97 98 104 111 113 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 109 Mixed 93.4 SusWrite 97.1 74% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 179% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-065.A00LF 2x4GB 272 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	25% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 7 22% 7.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 8 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical M5A97 LE R2.0 Builds (Compare 11,100 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $67

CPU
FX-6300AMD $60Bench 46%, 141,200 samples	3,085x
FX-8350AMD $70Bench 55%, 179,377 samples	2,884x
FX-8320AMD $95Bench 51%, 62,101 samples	1,528x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 39%, 335,671 samples	735x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $230Bench 71%, 513,955 samples	731x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 40%, 213,578 samples	640x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $34Bench 52%, 156,133 samples	494x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 105%, 360,609 samples	454x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 308,458 samples	202x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 51,128 samples	359x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 43,923 samples	264x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 40,430 samples	255x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $366	Nvidia GTX 1070 $379	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $159	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $85
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $113	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $93

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $95	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $711	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $100	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12