Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.05% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '20 at 13:49
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 71.8 2-Core 133 59% 96 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 417 40% 333 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Zotac(19DA 5324) ≥ 4GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.05% Terrible	Lighting 8.83 Reflection 7.85 Parallax 9.22 7% 8.63 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 7.17 7% 8.48 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.05% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 177 180 180 181 181 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 116 Write 92.2 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 179 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 89GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 30 29 30 31 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 80.3 Write 32 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 29.5 32% 44 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 69 78 74 78 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 51.7 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 75.4 47% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 11 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 10.2 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 44%

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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	428x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	390x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	204x

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 $36Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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