Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.71% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	62.1% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '21 at 04:54
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	5%

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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 138 61% 98.8 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 404 40% 326 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro V4900-$150 2,218 User benchmarks, average bench 7% AMD(1002 2B06) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.152.4.0 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	6.71% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 9.3 Parallax 7.1 7% 8.3 fps	MRender 8.8 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 7.7 6% 7.7 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.71% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 127 131 116 123 127 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 256 Write 192 Mixed 200 SusWrite 121 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 34 117% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 172 132% 178 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 85%
SSD 512GB 512GB 6,819 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 410GB free Firmware: 2101XKR SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 366 366 367 377 374 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 384 Write 349 Mixed 331 SusWrite 368 81% 358 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 30.7 105% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 169 130% 173 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 211%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 771GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 185 185 185 186 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 189 Mixed 89.6 SusWrite 185 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.2% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 72%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	428x
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	108x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	67x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	66x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	51x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16