Asus M5A99X EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	67.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99X EVO (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '21 at 18:56
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 76.8 1-Core 64.2 2-Core 113 53% 84.6 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 293 29% 236 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3117) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 16 Reflection 18.2 Parallax 14.1 13% 16.1 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 10 9% 11.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR041 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 362 372 226 168 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 449 Write 383 Mixed 356 SusWrite 265 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 15.8 86% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 0.5 51% 120 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 455GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 135 134 135 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 125 Write 113 Mixed 65 SusWrite 134 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 145% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 88%
1,954 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 5GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 6.5 7.5 7.7 7.5 7.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	2.91% Terrible	Read 6 Write 2.2 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 7.3 7% 5.05 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.91% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.6% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 7.8 24% 8.23 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 7.4 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 67%

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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	6	60	18.4"	1280 720	GSM4BAD W1943

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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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 $43Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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