Asus M5A99X EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.1% 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	64.5% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99X EVO (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130410
Uptime	15.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '18 at 12:18
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (46^th 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 139 58% 96.7 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 403 40% 329 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2673) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	29.1% Poor	Lighting 33.5 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 41.8 27% 36.5 fps	MRender 47.8 Gravity 38 Splatting 35.4 32% 40.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 38279 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1456 (B1) Unknown 78 78 784 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 53 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 85 (F1) Unknown 99 99 99886629019	64.5% Good	Read 494 Write 280 Mixed 323 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 18.2 74% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 69.4 DQ Mixed 40.6 50% 90 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 86%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 138GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 6341 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6873 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25771 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1370 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6825 (C2) HDA temperature 124 113 26 (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	46.6% Average	Read 83.4 Write 78.6 Mixed 86 62% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.43 122% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 96GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 134 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7159 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1394 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7096 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 28 (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	48.3% Average	Read 83.2 Write 85.1 Mixed 108 70% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.27 70% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 69%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 91GB free Firmware: SM12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 243509248 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3958 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 68737634 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 33124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1383 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 50 4849795098 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 222 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 321273 (C2) HDA temperature 26 50 -140737488355302 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 31 243509248 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	41.5% Average	Read 76.1 Write 68.4 Mixed 71.6 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.18 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 63%

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 (73^rd percentile)	43.6% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.2 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 54%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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 $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