Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	99.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '21 at 15:20
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	67%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 (99^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 75.1 2-Core 150 63% 104 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 424 43% 349 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.6.1 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 140 Parallax 209 103% 158 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 132 Splatting 93.5 92% 115 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 158 263 261 201 297 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 168 Write 49.2 Mixed 322 SusWrite 232 44% 193 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 40.3 155% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 152 137% 210 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 270GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 86 154 146 90 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 106 Write 97.3 Mixed 18.8 SusWrite 124 62% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.3 255% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Dark-1600 16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	45.5% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.3 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 52%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	21.5"	1280 720	SAM0A20 S22C300

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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 $90Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $377

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16