Asus M5A99X EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 57.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.7% 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	55.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus M5A99X EVO (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130410
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '19 at 21:40
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.65 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	57.4% Above average	Memory 79.4 1-Core 61.4 2-Core 102 52% 81.1 Pts	4-Core 197 8-Core 256 29% 226 Pts	64-Core 246 15% 246 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 37.6 36% 37.4 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 41.7 Splatting 36 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 010G SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 164 171 172 179 164 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 401 Write 177 Mixed 212 SusWrite 166 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 14.2 83% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 29.5 48% 91.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$60 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 13GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 45 46 47 47 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 45.3 Write 19 Mixed 32 SusWrite 45.5 26% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 86 87 91 88 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 80 Mixed 62 SusWrite 88.9 62% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 58%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 11GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 4.8 4.4 4.7 4.5 4.4 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	5.98% Terrible	Read 28 Write 4.7 Mixed 10 SusWrite 4.5 12% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.98% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 14GB 9,406 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 8192, 2048 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.1% Poor	MC Read 6.3 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 6.3 18% 6.33 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 6.4 19% 6.7 GB/s	Latency 81.6 49% 81.6 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 52%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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 $54Bench 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 $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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16