Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus M5A97 LE R2.0  (all builds)
Memory6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150324
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 23 '17 at 07:37
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU 13%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
70.6% Very good
Memory 92.3
1-Core 74.5
2-Core 139
63% 102 Pts
4-Core 265
8-Core 467
44% 366 Pts
64-Core 469
29% 469 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 70.6%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
113% Outstanding
Lighting 143
Reflection 182
Parallax 187
116% 170 fps
MRender 129
Gravity 172
Splatting 124
115% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 113%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P0121AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
60.2% Good
Read 463
Write 237
Mixed 259
70% 320 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 42.2
4K Mixed 11.6
74% 26.1 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 93
DQ Mixed 11.4
39% 87.5 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 60.2%
Great: 92%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0511
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
66.1% Good
Read 121
Write 107
Mixed 69.3
74% 99.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.12
4K Write 7.03
4K Mixed 0.48
230% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 66.1%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C11 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.5% Above average
MC Read 21.6
MC Write 15.9
MC Mixed 18.5
53% 18.7 GB/s
SC Read 11.8
SC Write 9.2
SC Mixed 15.2
34% 12.1 GB/s
Latency 63.5
63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 52.5%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical M5A97 LE R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,458 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $334
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