Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.3% 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	37.1% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colori, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '20 at 20:26
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 55.7 2-Core 146 59% 96.7 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 429 44% 355 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Nvidia(10DE 097C) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 353.30 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 15.7 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 18.3 13% 16.1 fps	MRender 21.2 Gravity 14.1 Splatting 16.8 14% 17.4 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 164 124 141 118 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 206 Write 358 Mixed 18.8 SusWrite 123 40% 176 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 0.2 54% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 3.3 45% 106 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 76%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 109GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 253 259 241 273 270 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 450 Mixed 440 SusWrite 273 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 52.1 171% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 62.2 DQ Mixed 7.1 47% 116 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 128%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 609GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 173 171 171 170 173 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 140 Write 155 Mixed 29 SusWrite 170 89% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.2 395% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3320311CS 320GB 7,178 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 125GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 72.2 Write 70.5 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 75.6 48% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 50%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 229GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 121 118 118 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 119 Write 119 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 119 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Expansion 1.5TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 729GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 35 36 37 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 34.5 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 35.9 24% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0 120% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.1% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.7 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 49%

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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 $47Bench 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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Total price: $334

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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16