Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.8% 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	49.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	13.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '17 at 21:23
Run Duration	308 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 72.3 2-Core 139 60% 98.2 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 443 44% 358 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 109 Parallax 96.3 89% 105 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 96.2 79% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8535710 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 112949049954909 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2196 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 651 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 52 81607786525 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 81607786525 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8535710 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8535710 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8535710 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12279 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9498 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9498 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13624 (F4) Unknown 97 97 6881385	49.7% Average	Read 413 Write 112 Mixed 201 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 11.7 80% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 33.4 36% 58 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 149671128 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2073 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 433666698 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3890 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1761 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131337 (BD) vendor-specific 20 20 80 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 488439837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 322 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9460 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 77309411357 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 23884313136369 (F1) Unknown 100 253 231371720354 (F2) Unknown 100 253 584695332284	89.4% Excellent	Read 165 Write 147 Mixed 151 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.19 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.15 48% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 113%
WD Elements 25A3 5TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 988GB free Firmware: 1013 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 197 9091 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1554 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1230 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1553 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8064 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 35 (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	83.1% Excellent	Read 160 Write 129 Mixed 119 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 985GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101146768 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3116 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 87415277 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3882 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1827 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 505217053 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 284 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26233 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 77309411357 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -114688511703323 (F1) Unknown 100 253 68595929521 (F2) Unknown 100 253 258855228913	83.8% Excellent	Read 159 Write 133 Mixed 133 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 844GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 180 180 21500264697 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3921 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1811 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3921 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3921 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 231929544735 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.6% Good	Read 116 Write 102 Mixed 129 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.17 74% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 426GB free Firmware: 9401 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 100 56549096 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2400 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 8665295880 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8812 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 719 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 55835427488 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 45 723255338 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19669 (C2) HDA temperature 42 55 77309411370 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 113 100 56549096 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -84499186580277 (F1) Unknown 100 253 75407206157 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49241666885	58.5% Above average	Read 113 Write 89.9 Mixed 74 69% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 4.36 4K Mixed 0.34 149% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 224 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2TB free, PID ab34 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 116 Write 98.4 Mixed 92.1 128% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 7.22 4K Mixed 0.47 264% 2.79 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 389GB free, PID 3322 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 111 Write 84.8 Mixed 78.5 112% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 7.14 4K Mixed 0.3 255% 2.68 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 76%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 600 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 239GB free, PID 3322 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 141 Write 115 Mixed 80.5 136% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.12 58% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1866C9D3/8GX KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1866C9D3/8GX 24GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.1% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 13.3 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 10.7 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 70%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	564x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	138x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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