Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.8% 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	71.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '20 at 22:30
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 70.3 2-Core 121 60% 93.6 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 330 33% 269 Pts	64-Core 336 21% 336 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 48 Reflection 32.7 Parallax 60 39% 46.9 fps	MRender 51.9 Gravity 46 Splatting 34.7 35% 44.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 480GB-$70 2,932 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 172 177 211 240 211 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 479 Write 221 Mixed 208 SusWrite 221 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 29 94% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 165 133% 190 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 121%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 126GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 345 355 360 373 369 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 447 Write 188 Mixed 242 SusWrite 352 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 25.6 95% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 89.5 DQ Mixed 143 109% 151 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 86%

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 (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 18.9 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 14.3 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	425x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	388x
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 $38Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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