Asus M5A99X EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	97.5% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99X EVO (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '22 at 23:36
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 79.3 2-Core 156 64% 107 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 454 46% 373 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1055 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.4% Above average	Lighting 71.4 Reflection 75.4 Parallax 90.6 58% 79.1 fps	MRender 66 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 45.7 47% 59 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 404 407 378 394 410 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 373 Write 408 Mixed 381 SusWrite 396 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 46.3 151% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 156 143% 219 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 125%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 15GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 75 67 59 70 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 184 Write 77.6 Mixed 98.4 SusWrite 67.9 24% 107 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 27.7 104% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 81.4 DQ Write 58.8 DQ Mixed 64.5 50% 68.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 51%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 222GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 422 391 418 392 424 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 421 Write 442 Mixed 331 SusWrite 408 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 31.9 113% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 248 193% 266 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 596GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 64 64 65 64 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 65.2 Write 54 Mixed 40.9 SusWrite 63.6 41% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 41%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 1,164 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 100 100 98 91 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 133 Write 133 Mixed 20.6 SusWrite 98.3 123% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 15.8 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13.7 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 46% 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 $46Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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