Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	91.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '19 at 10:43
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 140 60% 99 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 428 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 112 Parallax 106 97% 112 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 81 82% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 198 141 161 165 176 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	59% Above average	Read 459 Write 244 Mixed 260 SusWrite 179 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 14.1 84% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 23.3 44% 87.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 74%
Hitachi HUA722010CLA330 1TB-$38 10,195 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 211GB free Firmware: JP4OA3JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 88 89 88 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 78.7 Write 79.5 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 87.6 55% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.2% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 14.9 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.9 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 64%

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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 $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 $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 $300	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 $45	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