Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.4% 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.
Boot Drive	80.2% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 01:59
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 77.2 2-Core 160 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 490 50% 403 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 65%

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. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 13.1 12% 13.1 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.7 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^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 18051 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1341 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 79 (AE) Unknown 100 100 447 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 58 180388626461 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 65 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 43178400484 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1359587571 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1202999126	80.2% Excellent	Read 462 Write 381 Mixed 413 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 20.1 120% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 20.4 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 19.6 30% 53.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 100%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 596GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 188 188 308417 (03) Spinup time 174 154 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8208 (05) Reallocated sector count 46 46 1226 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21739 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8187 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3543 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8208 (C2) HDA temperature 119 95 28 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 962 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 187 39 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 188 188 1321 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 188 188 1589 (F0) Head flying hours 72 72 20715 (F1) Unknown 200 200 59545423226 (F2) Unknown 200 200 73328547151	45.3% Average	Read 79.8 Write 78.1 Mixed 59.4 54% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.19 49% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 3GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 98 2544 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19999 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25955384993 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23120 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1161 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 41 41 59 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065672 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 504627230 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 60129542174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 26 2544 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 41 2801 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -79581449004668 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2453438807 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1845741356	65.2% Good	Read 109 Write 119 Mixed 112 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.51 103% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 0GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4457 (03) Spinup time 180 173 2000 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4058 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23228 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3823 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 1 4616 (BC) Unknown 100 1 4295050609 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 504692766 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 665 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3392 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	85% Excellent	Read 144 Write 153 Mixed 149 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.29 95% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 3,407 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 18.6 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 13.7 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 71%

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Gaming 34%

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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 $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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