Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 60.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	62.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1776 x 1000 - 32 Bit farger, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '20 at 20:30
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 as expected (49^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 49.8 2-Core 119 50% 81.7 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 401 39% 322 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 150 120GB-$89 1,360 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 359 156 123 107 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 300 Write 354 Mixed 332 SusWrite 207 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 25.4 84% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 257 193% 259 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 100%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 116 115 113 116 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 29.2 Write 42.7 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 115 40% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 84% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 142 142 146 146 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 136 Write 149 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 144 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.8 189% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 83 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 72 Write 100 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 83.9 56% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.2% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 14.8 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.6 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 71%

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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 1,063 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	564x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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 $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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $610

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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