Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	May 05 '21 at 22:13
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 66.2 2-Core 126 59% 94.2 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 388 37% 306 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Zotac(19DA 2454) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Lighting 38.8 Reflection 42.9 Parallax 39.8 32% 40.5 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 28.9 29% 36 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS1 20G2G0A-00JH30 120GB 420 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 35GB free Firmware: UE30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 83 82 84 85 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 432 Write 197 Mixed 150 SusWrite 85 47% 216 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 24 4K Mixed 9.1 54% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 48.9 DQ Mixed 21.1 32% 62.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 53%
Samsung HD120IJ 120GB 819 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 12GB free Firmware: WZ10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 36 36 35 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 37.3 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 35.4 25% 33.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 33%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 118GB free Firmware: CC2F SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 106 104 103 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 112 Write 102 Mixed 58 SusWrite 99.8 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 130% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 65%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 112 90 159 160 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 155 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 130 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.6 319% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML8GX3M1A1600C10 GY1600D364L10/8G 16GB 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.1% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns

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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	425x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	387x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $274	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 $183	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