Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.68% 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	72.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '22 at 03:37
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$125 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 67.8 2-Core 118 56% 89.3 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 345 36% 290 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 2270) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	8.68% Terrible	Lighting 10.5 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 15.1 9% 13 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 11 Splatting 9.6 9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.68% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Klevv NEO N400 SSD 120GB 486 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 50 110 72 42 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 454 Write 251 Mixed 311 SusWrite 112 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 30.2 121% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 170 145% 213 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 298GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 132 133 133 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 142 Write 114 Mixed 90.3 SusWrite 132 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992101 (997101) 2x4GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.5% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 14.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 76.1 52% 76.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 59%

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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%

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	390x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	204x

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 $36Bench 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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Total price: $377

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16