Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.72% 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	47.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '21 at 13:49
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 74.7 2-Core 137 61% 99.2 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 439 40% 333 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro V4900-$150 2,218 User benchmarks, average bench 7% AMD(1002 2B06) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.152.4.0 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	6.72% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 9.3 Parallax 7.1 7% 8.3 fps	MRender 8.8 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 7.8 6% 7.73 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.72% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 116 120 123 108 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 152 Write 185 Mixed 187 SusWrite 119 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 30.2 84% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 161 124% 166 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 85%
SSD 512GB 512GB 6,819 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 477GB free Firmware: 2101XKR SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 336 363 367 367 366 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 382 Write 346 Mixed 328 SusWrite 357 80% 353 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 29.3 101% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 168 130% 173 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 211%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 655GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 170 175 173 172 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 171 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 173 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.4% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 10.6 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 72%

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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: 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	8	6	60	27"	1280 720	BNQ78CA BenQ GW2760HS

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	424x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	386x
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 $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

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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