Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.6% 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	72.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (81%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '19 at 04:34
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	81%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 145 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 426 43% 349 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6282) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 142 Parallax 138 82% 127 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssd2sc12 0G1SA754D117-820 120GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: N053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 156 160 160 160 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 450 Write 162 Mixed 214 SusWrite 156 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 32.6 116% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 144 122% 180 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 82%
Hitachi HDS5C3020BLE630 2TB 4,090 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: MZ4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 135 136 136 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 118 Write 115 Mixed 29 SusWrite 135 72% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.4 112% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 864GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 98 99 98 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 66.3 Mixed 85 SusWrite 98 64% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.1% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 15 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 76%

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

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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 $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 $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 $15	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