Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 17:15
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 (92^nd percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 147 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 416 41% 336 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% MSI(1462 C411) CLim: 1565 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65% Good	Lighting 83.4 Reflection 79.1 Parallax 112 68% 91.5 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 83.6 Splatting 63 59% 73.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 254 228 259 237 279 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 220 Mixed 332 SusWrite 263 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 51.6 168% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 26.7 67% 145 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 128%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 119GB free Firmware: 6.0.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 96 98 101 98 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.4% Above average	Read 261 Write 128 Mixed 162 SusWrite 99.4 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 26.4 113% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 83.9 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 91.1 73% 101 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 80%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB 3,164 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 185GB free Firmware: GKAOA94A SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 60 61 59 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 55 Write 62.2 Mixed 40 SusWrite 60.5 40% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 63%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	428x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	389x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	203x

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 $38Bench 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 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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