Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 35% Jet ski


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 64.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	77.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '23 at 22:34
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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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-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 62.9 2-Core 98.1 56% 83.8 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 250 30% 233 Pts	64-Core 264 16% 264 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Sapphire(174B 1071) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 94.5 Reflection 108 Parallax 108 77% 103 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 96 Splatting 96.2 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 120GB-$80 2,275 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 434 Write 337 Mixed 305 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 29 113% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 45.4 DQ Mixed 2.3 37% 93.5 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 82%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 180GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 159 162 158 162 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 121 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 160 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.6 311% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600G 2OZ 2x4GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	44.5% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 14.9 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 11.5 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.5% 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 $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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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