Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 63.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.5% 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)
Boot Drive	54.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 00:41
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.6% Good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 71.5 2-Core 143 59% 98.4 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 428 41% 340 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 45.2 Parallax 40.1 38% 43.8 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 36.3 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 134 101 110 102 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 364 Write 264 Mixed 276 SusWrite 116 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 20.5 78% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 139 122% 183 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 182GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 128 150 139 131 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 126 Write 87 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 133 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 934GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 170 175 177 177 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 152 Mixed 86 SusWrite 171 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905458-009.A00LF 9905458-009.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8GX 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.7% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 10.9 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.1 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 36%

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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%

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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	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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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