Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.1% 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	The 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 13:42
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 71.8 2-Core 136 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 417 42% 339 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 98 Parallax 91.4 90% 99.7 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 83.3 77% 95.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST1000DM 010-2EP102 1TB 10,780 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 723GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 153 156 132 182 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 193 Mixed 89 SusWrite 154 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$71 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 298GB free Firmware: 11.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 22 22 23 23 23 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 62 Write 24.3 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 22.5 25% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 73% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.8% Average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 14 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 67%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	426x
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	107x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	67x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16