Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79% 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	57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 12:51
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 5 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 86.1 2-Core 173 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 526 53% 428 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 107 Parallax 97.2 83% 102 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 79 71% 87.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 114 100 1650 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1894 (A6) Unknown 100 100 117 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 171 (A9) Unknown 100 100 34 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 156 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1033 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 231928234021 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 14 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 16647 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10364 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10660	57.2% Above average	Read 501 Write 198 Mixed 284 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 3.79 70% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 25.2 49% 96.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 78%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 16GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1956 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 313 (A5) Unknown 100 100 395162681561 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 156 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 38 266287972398 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 309241708616 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 526 (EA) Unknown 100 100 979 (F1) Unknown 253 253 673 (F2) Unknown 253 253 555 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	56% Above average	Read 505 Write 213 Mixed 247 70% 322 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 6.18 61% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 6.45 38% 87.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 711GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 172 2100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 40 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 93 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 19 (C2) HDA temperature 95 92 48 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	105% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 176 Mixed 155 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.24 113% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 193GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 134 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 69 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 161 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 63 (C2) HDA temperature 98 87 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	42.6% Average	Read 76 Write 72.2 Mixed 71.5 55% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.38 95% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 58%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 157GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 169 2141 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2125 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6556 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1450 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 4 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 48 673710120 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 807 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1318 (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	70.9% Very good	Read 126 Write 121 Mixed 84.5 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.2 97% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 68GB free Firmware: JP2OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896633017 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3216 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11466 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3011 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3344 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3344 (C2) HDA temperature 122 122 219044184113 (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	48% Average	Read 87.4 Write 79.9 Mixed 96.9 67% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.29 63% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.5% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 18.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 14.8 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 80%

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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	565x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	138x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $606

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16