Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.6% 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	101% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '21 at 19:32
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 80.6 2-Core 160 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 477 48% 388 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1334 MHz, MLim: 1554 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.6% Poor	Lighting 22.4 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 27.2 18% 27.3 fps	MRender 34.9 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 27.7 25% 31.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM871 2.5 7mm 256GB 1,320 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMM02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 434 436 413 426 434 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 450 Mixed 336 SusWrite 410 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 43.9 148% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 256 184% 236 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 118%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$54 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 410GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 101 100 101 102 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 95.9 Mixed 89.8 SusWrite 99.6 70% 95 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 76%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 3,362 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 29GB free, PID 00ee Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	5.97% Terrible	Read 28.8 Write 0.2 Mixed 9 SusWrite 2.6 10% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.97% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 16.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 68%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	75	18.9"	1280 720	DELF004 DELL SE198WFP

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	380x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	102x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	44x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	43x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	21x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	21x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	11x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	11x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $729

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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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16