Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.8% 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	53.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '19 at 08:58
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (54^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% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 73.6 2-Core 146 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 436 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Lighting 39.1 Reflection 35 Parallax 47 32% 40.3 fps	MRender 31 Gravity 32.4 Splatting 39.8 29% 34.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X01b10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 228 224 225 226 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 294 Write 258 Mixed 249 SusWrite 192 56% 248 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 25.2 87% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 19.1 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 26.2 35% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 99%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 78GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 63 62 63 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 53.1 Write 44.6 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 62.1 35% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 87% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 39%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 55GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 82 84 83 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 81.6 Write 80.5 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 82.5 62% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 85%
Samsung G2 Portable 500GB 768 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 117GB free, PID 6033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 40 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 23.2 Write 17.5 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 37.9 36% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 1,394 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	46.8% Average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 14.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 68%

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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 $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 $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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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