Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '21 at 20:37
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 69.1 2-Core 135 60% 97.3 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 421 42% 340 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 124 Parallax 109 88% 114 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 108 Splatting 94.5 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO3 480GB-$155 2,300 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1126A SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 236 87 92 109 95 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 486 Write 427 Mixed 372 SusWrite 146 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 42.9 141% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 195 152% 208 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 101%
Hitachi HMS5C4040BLE640 4TB 902 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3.5TB free Firmware: MPAOA5D0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 128 127 129 129 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 124 Write 129 Mixed 18 SusWrite 125 71% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 73%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 501GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 133 135 134 135 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 135 Write 138 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 130 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 74%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 163 165 164 165 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 128 Write 101 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 158 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 96%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 294GB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 139 140 139 139 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 135 65% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IMT451U6MFR8C-R90 4x4GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.2% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 71%

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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 $90Bench 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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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $377

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16