Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.8% 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	28.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '20 at 12:34
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 70.5 2-Core 127 58% 93.6 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 347 35% 284 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Zotac(19DA 1294) 1GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	8.8% Terrible	Lighting 9.73 Reflection 9.31 Parallax 11.6 8% 10.2 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 11.8 Splatting 13 10% 12.8 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.8% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 62 43 52 82 64 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.4% Poor	Read 114 Write 34.3 Mixed 135 SusWrite 58.3 19% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 9.5 52% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 81.5 DQ Mixed 14.9 38% 82.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 78%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 150GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 65 79 78 79 79 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 76.4 68% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown MD3512NSA-HA3G1 Kingston 99U5474-038.A00LF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.1% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 6.9 25% 8.83 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 9 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 33%

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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%

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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