Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	71.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 18:55
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 129 58% 94.1 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 456 44% 360 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.6% Very good	Lighting 90.1 Reflection 87.7 Parallax 71.9 74% 83.3 fps	MRender 85.7 Gravity 87.1 Splatting 78.7 68% 83.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 240GB-$499 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 24435110 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -72129680764493 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1124 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 73 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 22 58 64428310550 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24435110 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24435110 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24435110 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1892 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1430 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1430 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2796	54.6% Above average	Read 366 Write 232 Mixed 272 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 11.4 80% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 11.7 24% 46.5 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 707GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220896640 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4546 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24155069 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16024 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2023 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 62060 (BE) vendor-specific 76 51 726253174808 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 139 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 80406 (C2) HDA temperature 24 49 -140737488355304 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -80814104634902 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12386198621 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13240440142	98.9% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 158 Mixed 89.2 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 456GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131550478 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8096 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 36 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 442640381 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 36814 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2910 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1015831408 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 30065492005 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 55 420544537 (C2) HDA temperature 25 45 51539607577 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 22 131550478 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 36 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 32	67.2% Good	Read 122 Write 112 Mixed 101 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.63 134% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E99927-15 F3-17000CL9-4GBSR F3-17000CL9-4GBSR 16GB 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.4% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 13.7 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 11.3 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	564x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	138x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	67x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	62x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	59x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	33x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	24x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	18x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $610

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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