Asus M5A99X EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99X EVO (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111202
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 04:55
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 132 62% 98.8 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 436 41% 342 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 70 Parallax 67 54% 67.9 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 56.7 52% 65.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 173846792 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 81578608827024 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 9 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 39 60132098079 (C2) HDA temperature 31 39 60132098079 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 173846792 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 173846792 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 173846792 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 77309411329 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4279 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1360 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1360 (F2) Unknown 0 0 908 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1376265	61.7% Good	Read 504 Write 237 Mixed 289 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 11.9 78% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 13.1 35% 68.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 85%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 56GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 3694556 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 45114336517232 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 4 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3694556 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3694556 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3694556 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14034 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8659 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8659 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13823	49% Average	Read 428 Write 77.9 Mixed 119 45% 208 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 11.7 87% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25.3 DQ Write 69.8 DQ Mixed 31.2 28% 42.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65253336 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1049 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2256937 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 65 588251162 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1701 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 55834574874 (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 130644315210520 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1445892532 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1451703410	113% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 197 Mixed 173 142% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 94GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 92 116252653 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 54 11360996755980 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 63721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 352 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65548 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 588316704 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 16 116252653 (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 20302310471036 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3784085427 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1332285686	50.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 70.4 Mixed 91 67% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.36 83% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 18.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 15.5 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	74x
FX-8150AMD $770Bench 59%, 22,181 samples	50x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	35x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	14x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	14x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x
MX500 500GBCrucial $44Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	7x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	161x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	66x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	35x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16