Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 54.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140106
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 04:21
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 960T-$469 4,461 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.25 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Memory 77.2 1-Core 47.4 2-Core 93.7 47% 72.8 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 189 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 187 12% 187 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 254D) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 48.3 Reflection 32.1 Parallax 64.2 39% 48.2 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 46.6 Splatting 39.5 32% 38.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^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 100 100 463 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 331 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 64 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1408754450681 (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 83 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 69 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	57.5% Above average	Read 478 Write 252 Mixed 338 79% 356 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 3.54 61% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 4.84 41% 96.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 74%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 98GB free Firmware: PB4OC60G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 136 136 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4621 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 5416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 4501 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 769 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 58320 (C2) HDA temperature 220 220 223339151385 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	33.7% Below average	Read 63.1 Write 54.4 Mixed 58.8 44% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.21 52% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 45%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 3,958 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 53GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 31 Write 23.3 Mixed 16.9 28% 23.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.86 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 1.36 130% 2.42 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.7% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 12.7 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 8.5 19% 6.8 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 62%

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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 $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 $300	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