Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '20 at 03:57
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 72.8 2-Core 147 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 459 45% 370 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 83B4) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Lighting 2.77 Reflection 8.85 Parallax 6.66 2% 6.09 fps	MRender 6.52 Gravity 8.73 Splatting 9.61 7% 8.29 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 110 109 112 111 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 408 Write 138 Mixed 189 SusWrite 112 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 29.1 102% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 121 103% 154 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 81%
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 230GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 198 197 198 197 197 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 462 Write 414 Mixed 287 SusWrite 203 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 21.3 79% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 54 DQ Mixed 53.4 51% 83.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 100%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 205GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 97 99 98 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 97.9 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 2x4GB 7,477 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.6% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 8.6 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.9 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 54%

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Typical M5A97 LE R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,455 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 21%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

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 $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	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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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