Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	128% 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	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 13 '21 at 21:07
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 77.5 1-Core 44.2 2-Core 136 51% 85.9 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 418 40% 333 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 186 Parallax 180 142% 180 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 182 Splatting 125 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Torch LE 240GB 206 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 98 42 34 51 15 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 471 Write 414 Mixed 344 SusWrite 73.4 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 25.9 88% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 162 148% 228 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 94%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 77GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 328 333 347 340 339 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 449 Write 326 Mixed 242 SusWrite 329 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 13.2 69% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 83.3 93% 156 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 660GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 115 117 118 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 123 Write 113 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 116 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-427.A00LF 2x8GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	48% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 85.3 47% 85.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 58%

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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	425x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	387x
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 $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