Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 59.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '22 at 08:26
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Memory 73.5 1-Core 73.4 2-Core 130 56% 92.2 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 432 41% 340 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 78.6 67% 83.2 fps	MRender 53.6 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 69.1 55% 67 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD40EDAZ-11U78B0 4TB 714GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 102 104 104 104 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	16.4% Very poor	Read 113 Write 104 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 104 22% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.8 4K Write 8.4 4K Mixed 1 19% 6.07 MB/s	DQ Read 1.3 DQ Write 13.5 DQ Mixed 1.9 3% 5.57 MB/s

HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 880GB free (System drive) Firmware: JA0OA710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 79 77 79 94 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 46.5 Write 95.7 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 84.7 45% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 36% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 57%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 817GB free Firmware: JB0OA3T0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 105 106 108 108 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 107 Write 111 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 107 63% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.1% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 11.1 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 93.6 43% 93.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 61%

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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%

Destroyer

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	427x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16