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Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '21 at 14:38
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X2 B59 532 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Memory 77.5 1-Core 50.4 2-Core 102 49% 76.5 Pts	4-Core 95.6 8-Core 97.7 13% 96.6 Pts	64-Core 97.6 6% 97.6 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 128B) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.47% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 4.4 Parallax 4.3 3% 4.3 fps	MRender 3.9 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 5 4% 4.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.47% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
P3-128 128GB 3,189 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: T180731 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 54 27 35 42 44 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 479 Write 9.6 Mixed 43.9 SusWrite 42 30% 144 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 18.3 4K Mixed 27 120% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 33.1 DQ Mixed 19.2 28% 53.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$35 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 123 125 125 125 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 123 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 193% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 119 120 121 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 114 Write 112 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 118 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 69%
Generic Flash Disk0912 124GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 76GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 6.2 6.8 8.4 10 9.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	3.28% Terrible	Read 4.7 Write 1.8 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 7.5 5% 3.95 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.28% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.7% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 7 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 85.4 47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 40%

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Typical M5A97 LE R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,492 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 21%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $75

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	436x
FX-8350AMD $85Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	396x
FX-8320AMD $95Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	207x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	112x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x
RX 570AMD $170Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	68x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	51x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	38x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

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	27x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $249

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