Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '18 at 10:39
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 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 below expectations (10^th percentile)	52% Above average	Memory 63.4 1-Core 65.8 2-Core 107 48% 78.6 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 350 35% 285 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 65.9 62% 72.9 fps	MRender 69.3 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 72 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 250GB-$50 5,775 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 195 192 193 198 199 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 345 Write 334 Mixed 230 SusWrite 198 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 22 101% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 58.8 DQ Mixed 71.8 63% 97.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 106%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 8GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 20 20 20 20 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 416 Write 29 Mixed 60 SusWrite 19.7 28% 131 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 13.1 4K Mixed 8.3 63% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 65.5 DQ Write 29.3 DQ Mixed 45.3 34% 46.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 87%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 329GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 70 68 75 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 74 Write 75.7 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 71.7 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 59%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 130 129 132 130 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 136 Write 130 Mixed 71 SusWrite 130 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 123 122 123 125 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 123 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	47.5% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 61%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	425x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	387x
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	65x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	50x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $334

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16