Asus M5A99X EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 59.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.21% 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	44.6% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99X EVO (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '19 at 02:09
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Memory 83.9 1-Core 41.1 2-Core 109 50% 78.1 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 254 29% 226 Pts	64-Core 248 15% 248 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 2125) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.77% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 2.35 Parallax 1.97 2% 2.22 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 2 2% 1.82 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.77% Great: 2%
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 2744) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	7.21% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 8.31 Parallax 8.91 7% 8.52 fps	MRender 6.48 Gravity 11.8 Splatting 10.6 8% 9.61 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.21% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 81 78 70 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 123 Write 102 Mixed 122 SusWrite 75.6 24% 106 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 26.2 98% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 95.9 DQ Mixed 92.6 74% 105 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 905GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 108 110 109 109 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 110 Write 109 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 110 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 131% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 565GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 59 60 60 58 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 86.4 Write 85.8 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 59.1 51% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 61%
Sandisk Timeshift 16GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 7GB free, PID 55a0 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 17 17 19 19 20 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	7.66% Terrible	Read 19.9 Write 6.8 Mixed 9.6 SusWrite 17.9 17% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.66% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.5% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 8.4 26% 9 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 51%

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

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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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 $44Bench 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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Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16