Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.2% 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	46.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	35.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '19 at 23:08
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 80.5 2-Core 160 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 485 46% 382 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Zotac(19DA 1455) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 1839 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 35 Parallax 44.7 34% 40.6 fps	MRender 40.9 Gravity 41.8 Splatting 33.5 31% 38.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 240GB 5,968 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0627A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 227 15 57 46 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 481 Write 402 Mixed 374 SusWrite 91.7 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 16.3 64% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 72.7 DQ Write 19.2 DQ Mixed 21.3 22% 37.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 90%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 784GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 195 195 197 196 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 163 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 195 103% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.2 395% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.3% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 14.5 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 62%

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

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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 $175Bench 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 $295	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 $40	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