Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	85.9% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '17 at 07:32
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 89 2-Core 177 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 553 52% 429 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 206GB free Firmware: L201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15732 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 423 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 158 (AF) Unknown 100 100 206178681474 (B7) Unknown 100 100 18 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 73 453443611 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 158 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 164939 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 75 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 309 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 164939 (F2) Unknown 100 100 160048	85% Excellent	Read 485 Write 275 Mixed 363 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 27 124% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 117 128% 214 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 95%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: L201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15711 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 424 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 156 (AF) Unknown 100 100 206178681470 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 71 487063581 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 156 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 139726 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 53 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 309 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 139726 (F2) Unknown 100 100 180470	85.9% Excellent	Read 488 Write 283 Mixed 366 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 28.2 124% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 116 127% 214 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 95%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 4358 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2481 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42449 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1875 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 425 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2057 (C2) HDA temperature 121 94 26 (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	93% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 130 Mixed 130 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.47 149% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 655GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 4358 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9834 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 42216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1970 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 449 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9384 (C2) HDA temperature 120 94 27 (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	64.2% Good	Read 120 Write 103 Mixed 97.2 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.34 115% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 76%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 10GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 21.6 Mixed 10.9 24% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.24 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.007 24% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.1% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 103%

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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