Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 61.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.2% 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	60.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140403
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '18 at 05:57
Run Duration	432 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$125 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 63.6 2-Core 120 55% 88.6 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 336 34% 277 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E272) 2GB CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Lighting 40.7 Reflection 36.6 Parallax 52.4 33% 43.2 fps	MRender 32.3 Gravity 33.5 Splatting 42.3 30% 36 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$117 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 149GB free Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2079 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1132 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 442 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131076 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 59 51 210454577193 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 704 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 680 (F2) Unknown 100 100 93 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2 (F5) Unknown 100 100 4 (F6) Unknown 100 100 182592	76% Very good	Read 514 Write 460 Mixed 468 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 13.9 74% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 14.3 41% 88 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 111%
Kingston SHSS37A120G 120GB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5781 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2190 (A8) Unknown 100 100 39 (AA) Unknown 100 100 338 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5636257 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 62 54 197569871910 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 18 (DA) Unknown 100 100 18 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 12566 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6945 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17230 (F4) Unknown 100 100 86 (F5) Unknown 100 100 161 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2961376	60.4% Good	Read 490 Write 229 Mixed 267 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 13.4 74% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 85.8 DQ Mixed 13.8 38% 82.2 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 84%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 582GB free Firmware: 81.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 177 5900 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5024 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2132 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 31566 (C2) HDA temperature 119 111 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.5% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 87.9 Mixed 94.8 69% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.29 102% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 83%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 469GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 132 125 6375 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9858 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5592 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 26 26 522672 (C2) HDA temperature 115 100 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.9% Average	Read 97.8 Write 48.3 Mixed 66.5 53% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.14 58% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 242GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4313 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5472 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2082 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4302 (C2) HDA temperature 109 103 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	92% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 133 Mixed 128 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.31 117% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 109%
Imation Nano Pro 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 063e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	4.22% Terrible	Read 15.7 Write 3.6 Mixed 4.87 8% 8.05 MB/s	4K Read 4.84 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.005 18% 1.62 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.22% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.5% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.1 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 72%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	381x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	102x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	44x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	43x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	31x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	27x
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	44x
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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Total price: $729

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