Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 53.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	27.4% 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	57.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 17:41
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Memory 76 1-Core 61.7 2-Core 111 52% 82.8 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 355 31% 262 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Lighting 34.3 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 29.6 28% 31.9 fps	MRender 34.5 Gravity 31 Splatting 31.2 26% 32.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 960GB-$80 1,195 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 540GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 732 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 107 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1127 (94) Unknown 100 100 217354 (95) Unknown 100 100 1620 (96) Unknown 100 100 1474 (97) Unknown 100 100 1598 (A4) Unknown 100 100 73143 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38638081605659 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 673044 (F2) Unknown 100 100 223971 (F5) Unknown 100 100 864001 (F6) Unknown 100 100 869416 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	57.8% Above average	Read 450 Write 223 Mixed 254 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 27.9 4K Mixed 19 72% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 53.7 DQ Mixed 28.1 38% 71.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 100%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3147 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1389 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3119 (C2) HDA temperature 119 103 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.7% Very good	Read 148 Write 126 Mixed 117 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.51 135% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 3,428 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 13 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.4 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 63%

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

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	564x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	138x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	67x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	62x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	59x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	33x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	24x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	18x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $610

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