Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 74% Battleship


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 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 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	140% 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 Drive	99.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '21 at 20:46
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 139 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 418 39% 324 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Device(4D50 4449) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	140% Outstanding	Lighting 202 Reflection 187 Parallax 196 164% 195 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 142 Splatting 127 120% 150 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 393 413 417 370 369 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 423 Mixed 416 SusWrite 388 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 44.7 144% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 224 173% 237 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 125%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 166GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 372 428 410 438 436 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 437 Mixed 441 SusWrite 411 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 43.2 151% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 21 DQ Mixed 1 37% 97.9 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 18.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 64%

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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 $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