Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.8% 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	81.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 07:33
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	76%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 65.1 2-Core 169 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 487 50% 401 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1310 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 90 53% 74.2 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 62 Splatting 56.3 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 165 160 61 62 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 368 Write 323 Mixed 303 SusWrite 110 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 48 158% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 219 168% 228 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 124%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 88GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 168 173 229 211 169 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 365 Write 322 Mixed 283 SusWrite 186 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 46 155% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 223 164% 216 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,634 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.6% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 18.3 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 13.9 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	564x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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