Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	103% 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	76.9% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121115
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	May 30 '21 at 15:58
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th 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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 89 1-Core 75.8 2-Core 137 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 403 40% 329 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 137 Parallax 127 106% 131 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 136 Splatting 118 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 48 73 146 313 197 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 443 Write 390 Mixed 337 SusWrite 171 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 35.4 120% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 236 182% 248 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 117%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 570GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 332 366 372 381 383 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 399 Mixed 373 SusWrite 348 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 38.9 131% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 227 176% 240 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 125%
WD Elements 25A3 10TB 3,723 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 7.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 187 196 202 201 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 183 Write 195 Mixed 114 SusWrite 190 231% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.4 234% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1333 C7 4x4GB 209 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.7% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 15 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 11.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 54%

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

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Gaming 34%

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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 $269	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 $40	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