Asus M5A99X EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	29.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99X EVO (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130410
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '21 at 17:24
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 70.3 2-Core 127 58% 93.4 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 362 36% 294 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1684 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 130 Parallax 116 100% 123 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 115 Splatting 105 90% 111 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mknssdsr 250GB 250GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: R032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 191 63 36 32 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 388 Write 274 Mixed 8.7 SusWrite 107 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 29% 7.43 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 72%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$145 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 994GB free Firmware: SVQ0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 276 344 353 360 346 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 396 Write 361 Mixed 338 SusWrite 323 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 35.7 115% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 175 126% 164 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 178 179 151 177 179 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 658GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 134 134 133 133 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 119 Mixed 41 SusWrite 128 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.4 148% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 238GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 79 76 78 78 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	44% Average	Read 76.1 Write 79.8 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 77.1 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.6% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.1 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 10.3 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 54%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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 $54Bench 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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Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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