Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 08:29
Run Duration	333 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 73.8 2-Core 132 62% 99 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 433 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 48.8 119% 48.8 fps
Poor: 27% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 468GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 1,026 Write 527 Mixed 707 166% 753 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 20.7 108% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 20.8 49% 103 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 144%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 798GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 174 1516 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 421 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2284 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 409 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 302 (C2) HDA temperature 110 103 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	98.8% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 162 Mixed 151 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.31 120% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 109%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 16GB-$19 1,806 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 15GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 31 Write 27.7 Mixed 29.4 37% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.14 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.62 61% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 27%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 8GB 6,342 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 4GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 23 Write 4.56 Mixed 6.4 11% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.05 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 1.29 140% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.2% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 16.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 62%

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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	426x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	389x
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	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $334

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16