Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.9% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	20.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '17 at 05:44
Run Duration	916 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 81 1-Core 74.8 2-Core 142 60% 99.1 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 456 44% 362 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 144 Parallax 122 105% 132 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5452 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 393 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 131 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14716438001	87.9% Excellent	Read 493 Write 386 Mixed 401 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 34.8 127% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 96.8 DQ Mixed 55.4 59% 100 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 134%
WD WD1200BEVS-60UST0 120GB 3,683 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 78GB free Firmware: 02.06M02 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 194 2469 (03) Spinup time 165 161 2750 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5475 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6692 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 87 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3867 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 3835 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 129617 (C2) HDA temperature 122 79 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	21.2% Poor	Read 36.5 Write 37 Mixed 36.4 28% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.29 66% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 29%
Seagate ST3160828AS 160GB 887 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 61GB free Firmware: 8.04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 55 39 22913053 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4426 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 518202929 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27986 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2681 (C2) HDA temperature 28 47 38654705692 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 39 22913053 (C5) Current pending sector count 130 100 4294967295 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 130 100 4294967295 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	26.5% Poor	Read 46.6 Write 45.4 Mixed 44.4 34% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.34 81% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 32%
WD My Book Essentials 1.5TB 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1.5TB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	6.09% Terrible	Read 31 Write 2.83 Mixed 5.42 11% 13.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.09 14% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 6.09% Great: 21%
General UDisk 1TB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 932GB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	1.9% Terrible	Read 8.84 Write 2.04 Mixed 3.1 5% 4.66 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.001 4K Mixed 0.001 3% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.9% Great: 34%
WD 5000AAKB Externa 500GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 258GB free, PID 0901 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 31.1 Write 31.6 Mixed 11.7 30% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.36 54% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 CMD16GX3M2A1866C10 CMD16GX3M2A1866C10 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.1% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 14.8 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.9 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 44%

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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	567x
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	60x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	42x
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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $606

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16