Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive57.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus M5A99FX PRO R2.0  (all builds)
Memory29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140407
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 25 '16 at 18:08
Run Duration187 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 50%
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 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8370-$175
Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
69.6% Good
Memory 90.8
1-Core 72.5
2-Core 137
62% 100 Pts
4-Core 262
8-Core 459
44% 360 Pts
64-Core 464
29% 464 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 69.6%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.54
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 157
Parallax 146
114% 148 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 148
Splatting 115
104% 128 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
57.6% Above average
Read 421
Write 305
Mixed 294
75% 340 MB/s
4K Read 24.3
4K Write 37.6
4K Mixed 8.95
68% 23.6 MB/s
DQ Read 26
DQ Write 94.6
DQ Mixed 9.87
22% 43.5 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 57.6%
Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
568GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
60.1% Good
Read 138
Write 71.5
Mixed 73.6
70% 94.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.41
4K Write 1.52
4K Mixed 0.14
60% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 60.1%
Great: 83%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB
6.5TB free, PID ab38
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
79.9% Very good
Read 182
Write 138
Mixed 108
172% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 7.53
4K Mixed 0.71
283% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 79.9%
Great: 75%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB
13GB free, PID 5106
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
26.3% Poor
Read 71.2
Write 65.6
Mixed 34.2
69% 57 MB/s
4K Read 0.61
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.19
26% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 26.3%
Great: 45%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
53% Above average
MC Read 22
MC Write 16
MC Mixed 18.8
54% 18.9 GB/s
SC Read 11.3
SC Write 9.5
SC Mixed 15.5
35% 12.1 GB/s
Latency 66
61% 66 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 53%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical M5A99FX PRO R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,063 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft

Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $610
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HDDRAMUSB
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