Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '21 at 12:27
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 74.4 2-Core 143 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 419 42% 342 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 36D1) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 22 Parallax 16.9 16% 19.6 fps	MRender 25.5 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 17 18% 22 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,683 Write 2,215 Mixed 2,355 608% 2,751 MB/s	4K Read 207 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 34.7 376% 91.7 MB/s	DQ Read 425 DQ Write 57.6 DQ Mixed 96.2 107% 193 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 592GB free Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 373 370 359 349 372 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 298 Write 366 Mixed 330 SusWrite 366 77% 340 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 29.7 4K Mixed 21.9 81% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 41 DQ Mixed 76 70% 112 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 105%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 118 116 116 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 110 Write 74.5 Mixed 72.1 SusWrite 113 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 549GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 80 90 91 90 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 117 Write 114 Mixed 107 SusWrite 88 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 109%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 309GB free Firmware: AX1R4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 86 86 82 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 71.5 Write 72 Mixed 31 SusWrite 85.1 47% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 62%
Samsung Flash Drive 32GB 12,134 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 22GB free, PID 1000, samsung bar Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 25 24 26 26 24 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 212 Write 27.5 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 25.7 89% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 9.3 630% 9.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 19.1 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.6 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 71%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

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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 $175Bench 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 $37Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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