Asus M5A99X EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	37.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99X EVO (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111202
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '20 at 21:47
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 78.4 1-Core 50.3 2-Core 101 49% 76.5 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 197 26% 198 Pts	64-Core 198 12% 198 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Lighting 49 Reflection 46.7 Parallax 41.1 40% 45.6 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 38 33% 40.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mknssdcl 120GB-DX 120GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 21GB free Firmware: 502A SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 120 132 130 131 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 214 Write 136 Mixed 165 SusWrite 124 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 30.7 107% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 144 112% 155 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 15 14 15 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 107 Write 12 Mixed 23.9 SusWrite 13.6 29% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 112%
Samsung HD160JJ 160GB-$85 5,008 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 125GB free Firmware: ZM10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 59 59 59 59 59 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 56.8 Write 61.5 Mixed 38.9 SusWrite 59.2 40% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 33%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 68GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 74 74 73 74 73 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 86.7 Write 84.9 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 73 55% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 14GB 9,406 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.2 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 9.9 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 52%

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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 $53Bench 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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