Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	58.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.2% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '21 at 08:48
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 148 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 430 43% 352 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1436 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 65.5 Parallax 98.7 62% 80.3 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 79.7 Splatting 49.7 52% 65.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 428 424 426 434 403 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 355 Write 412 Mixed 316 SusWrite 422 85% 376 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 42.8 142% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 174 150% 222 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 125%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 461GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 87 89 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 72.4 Write 38.7 Mixed 38.6 SusWrite 88.8 44% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,948 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.7% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 9.9 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10.3 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 70%

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

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	424x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	386x
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 $37Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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