Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics66.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus M5A97 LE R2.0  (all builds)
Memory14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160324
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 08 '19 at 13:45
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8300-$168
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
71.6% Very good
Memory 90
1-Core 72.2
2-Core 144
63% 102 Pts
4-Core 288
8-Core 433
45% 361 Pts
64-Core 425
26% 425 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 71.6%
Great: 64%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2089 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
66.3% Good
Lighting 82.4
Reflection 83.6
Parallax 71.8
67% 79.3 fps
MRender 76.9
Gravity 78.6
Splatting 80.6
65% 78.7 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 66.3%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
757GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 156 158 152 153 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
91% Outstanding
Read 175
Write 166
Mixed 39.9
SusWrite 143
95% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 91%
Great: 107%
Samsung HM500JI 500GB-$100
187GB free
Firmware: 2AC101C4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 76 84 84 84 84 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
46.2% Average
Read 79.3
Write 54
Mixed 46.4
SusWrite 81.4
48% 65.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 46.2%
Great: 47%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 32GB
25GB free, PID 6544
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 5.1 5.4 5.7 5 5.5 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
5.25% Terrible
Read 20.7
Write 7.2
Mixed 12
SusWrite 6.1
14% 11.5 MB/s
4K Read 3.9
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
14% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.25%
Great: 20%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya M2F4G64CC88D7N-DI CT102464BA160B.M16 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 8192, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
42.1% Average
MC Read 15.2
MC Write 13.1
MC Mixed 15.4
42% 14.6 GB/s
SC Read 10.5
SC Write 7.7
SC Mixed 12.5
29% 10.2 GB/s
Latency 67.2
60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 42.1%
Great: 47%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical M5A97 LE R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,457 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $334
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