Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.2% 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	69.6% 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.

Run History

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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 01:16
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64% Good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 61.5 2-Core 101 55% 84.2 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 266 31% 240 Pts	64-Core 275 17% 275 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.2% Very good	Lighting 91.7 Reflection 106 Parallax 88.9 75% 95.7 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 89.3 Splatting 96.5 76% 92.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 132 128 128 128 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 402 Write 140 Mixed 157 SusWrite 126 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 36.4 124% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 147 114% 158 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 73%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 602GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 628 511 666 707 329 317 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 1,115 Write 421 Mixed 692 SusWrite 526 153% 689 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 37.7 129% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 48.1 DQ Mixed 72.8 62% 94.6 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 242%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 608GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 155 158 159 158 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 151 Mixed 124 SusWrite 157 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.3 250% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.9% Average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 16.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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