Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	58.9% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 08 '19 at 13:12
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 80.7 1-Core 52.9 2-Core 106 51% 79.8 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 281 29% 235 Pts	64-Core 281 17% 281 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170 16,214 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 1098) 2GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Lighting 14.7 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 10.8 12% 13.2 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 13.5 Splatting 15.6 12% 13.8 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 200 203 204 205 205 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 401 Write 203 Mixed 191 SusWrite 200 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 11.1 78% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 77.4 88% 149 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 78%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 39GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 56 61 60 59 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 59 Mixed 39.9 SusWrite 59.3 37% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 58%
WD WD800ABJS-23TEA0 80GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 13GB free Firmware: 01.00A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 47 47 47 47 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	27.3% Poor	Read 47.6 Write 37.8 Mixed 34.6 SusWrite 47 31% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5403-034.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.5% Poor	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 10.7 28% 9.87 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.5 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 30%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	428x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	390x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	204x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	108x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	67x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	51x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	46x
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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $377

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16