Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	136% 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	71.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '24 at 20:11
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 64.3 2-Core 119 55% 88.4 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 306 32% 257 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Device(4D50 4449) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	136% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 188 Parallax 181 157% 187 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 143 Splatting 126 120% 151 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 305 330 315 335 338 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 417 Write 344 Mixed 327 SusWrite 319 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 25 80% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 225 172% 233 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 125%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 149GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 314 274 271 283 279 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 407 Write 357 Mixed 356 SusWrite 287 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 26.8 85% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 48.1 DQ Mixed 13.4 47% 111 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.5 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 76%

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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: 0P 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	65	48	60	27.9"	1280 720	AUS28B1 ASUS VP28U

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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	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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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $377

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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