Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.6% 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	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '19 at 18:54
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 133 60% 97 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 429 40% 335 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3732) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.6% Below average	Lighting 39.3 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 37.7 32% 35.9 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 36 31% 37.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 290GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	67% Good	Read 399 Write 392 Mixed 389 SusWrite 231 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 38.7 107% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 75.6 DQ Mixed 42.1 36% 50 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 129%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 103 101 104 103 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 84.7 Mixed 30 SusWrite 101 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 783GB free Firmware: JKAOA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 123 128 128 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 120 Write 128 Mixed 56 SusWrite 127 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 69%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 232GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 88 89 89 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 116 Write 109 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 88.4 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M1A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.9 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 47%

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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	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