Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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 M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '16 at 17:42
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 76.7 2-Core 156 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 482 48% 391 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17357 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 660 (B1) Unknown 94 94 62 (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 70 52 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 67 67 32856 (EB) Unknown 99 99 401 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33523423125
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 78GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210941210 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5713 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5497573 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28507 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1156 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 56 690290728 (C2) HDA temperature 40 44 73014444072 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 23 210941210 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 21350282456685 (F1) Unknown 100 253 635987246 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4254577167	42.2% Average	Read 75.2 Write 71.7 Mixed 69.4 54% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.36 96% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 65%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 55GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 209 173 6550 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 540 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14037 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 477 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 373 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 142 142 176765 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 38 (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	59.2% Above average	Read 79.7 Write 127 Mixed 99.3 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.24 82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 87%
Sandisk Ultra 31GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 29GB free Firmware: 1.00 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 44.4 Write 35.5 Mixed 39.4 30% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.42 427% 3.11 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 70%
Sandisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 9GB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.2% Average	Read 125 Write 24.2 Mixed 31.8 44% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.45 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.92 324% 2.44 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 4x4GB 1,430 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.3% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 15 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 60%

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Gaming 34%

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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	566x
FX-8320AMD $203Bench 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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	60x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	42x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Total price: $610

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363