Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 55.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	10.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140403
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 02:05
Run Duration	741 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Memory 74.8 1-Core 65 2-Core 121 53% 86.9 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 277 30% 239 Pts	64-Core 282 17% 282 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% XFX(1682 2990) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Lighting 13.6 Reflection 10 Parallax 12.2 11% 11.9 fps	MRender 9.67 Gravity 10.7 Splatting 12 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14825 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3304 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 118 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 424 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 526333 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 21658084 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 16 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 2154567603 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 526333 (F2) Unknown 100 100 745839
Poor: 29% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 262GB free Firmware: SD35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95059994 (03) Spinup time 92 81 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9681 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 30150459574 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32487 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 17 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 4019 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 76 38655295554 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 44 4833017888 (C2) HDA temperature 32 56 30064771104 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 23 95059994 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 27% Great: 59%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 51GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 7709981 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9148 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 25861064346 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12621 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3974 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 73015689249 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 554958881 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 15 7709981 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 59588376286953 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3508369265 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3779808377
Poor: 18% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 10GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3271 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1681 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3213 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 35 (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
Poor: 35% Great: 76%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,032 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 135GB free, PID 0201 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 65.8 Write 63.5 Mixed 52.6 77% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.2 60% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 44%
Generic Flash Disk 126GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 56GB free, PID 7788 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	2.05% Terrible	Read 1.51 Write 3.55 Mixed 0.86 3% 1.97 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.01 12% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.05% Great: 11%
WDC WD40 0UE-22HCT0 40GB 22GB free, PID 2506 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	11.5% Very poor	Read 24.4 Write 24.3 Mixed 7.16 22% 18.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.25 38% 0.48 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Performance DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.5% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 10.6 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 10 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 90.8 44% 90.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	380x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	102x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	44x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	43x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	21x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	21x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	11x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	11x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $729

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16