Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.91% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120717
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 19:50
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Memory 74.4 1-Core 53.7 2-Core 101 48% 76.2 Pts	4-Core 105 8-Core 192 18% 148 Pts	64-Core 196 12% 196 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 2650) 1GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	7.91% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 11.9 7% 10.7 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 12 Splatting 10.8 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.91% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 19.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 109 109 109 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 112 Write 115 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 109 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 69%
Seagate Desktop 1.5TB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1TB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 34.3 Write 35.4 Mixed 19.1 SusWrite 27.8 39% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 20%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 15GB free, PID b2b3 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.3 8.2 8.2 7.4 8.1 8.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	6.53% Terrible	Read 10.5 Write 7.7 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 7.9 11% 8.45 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.6 93% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.53% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 11.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.23 GB/s	Latency 91.7 44% 91.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 51%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical M5A97 LE R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,462 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $377

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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