Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 55.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	18.7% 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	60.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '20 at 06:35
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	85%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55.9% Above average	Memory 79.3 1-Core 48.4 2-Core 91.8 48% 73.2 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 196 26% 193 Pts	64-Core 195 12% 195 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E182) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Lighting 21.7 Reflection 23.7 Parallax 25.2 18% 23.5 fps	MRender 21.4 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 29.7 21% 24.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 133 135 137 136 134 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.3% Good	Read 270 Write 149 Mixed 189 SusWrite 135 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 31 113% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 117 96% 135 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 83%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 146 147 147 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 152 Write 126 Mixed 112 SusWrite 144 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 211% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608DT2TXRG Kingston 9905403-115.A00LF Kingston 9905403-078.A00LF 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.8% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 6.8 22% 7.73 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 4.2 16% 5.7 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 25%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical M5A99FX PRO R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,065 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	565x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	138x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16