Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	91.8% 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	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120917
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 26 '18 at 03:35
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 136 61% 98.7 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 385 39% 314 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8565) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 122 Parallax 120 96% 120 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 109 Splatting 99.4 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6846 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 13100 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1225 (64) Unknown 100 100 11173888 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 94 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 84 (B2) Unknown 100 100 54 (B4) Unknown 100 100 19022 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 100 266289348661 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6846 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 4279 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 6846 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 25752 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20442 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18988 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 18294	104% Outstanding	Read 951 Write 552 Mixed 321 133% 608 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 11.8 90% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 19.2 51% 109 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 181%
WD Red Pro 6TB (2015)-$239 995 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 135 135 38686884325 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9754 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 15 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9244 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 580 (C0) Power-off retract count 85 85 18658 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 18658 (C2) HDA temperature 122 122 274879545393 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 186 Mixed 157 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 3.02 4K Mixed 0.51 144% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 122%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 220GB free Firmware: 0005HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 98 116666721 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 20443 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 283565730 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19325 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 37 5801 (B7) Unknown 100 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 53 53 47 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590068592 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 37 3333618401321 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 218 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 100373 (C2) HDA temperature 41 63 85899345961 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 43 116666721 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3	28.6% Poor	Read 48.7 Write 50.7 Mixed 43.2 36% 47.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.32 68% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 39%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 176GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 291642 (03) Spinup time 158 143 3083 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19009 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 6 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22921 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4581 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 509 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 94340 (C2) HDA temperature 99 79 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 183 183 1409 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 183 183 1386 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 60 50 28017	10.2% Very poor	Read 32.1 Write 3.55 Mixed 10.4 11% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.002 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.002 1% 0.02 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 2,772 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.8% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 104%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	379x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	102x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	44x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	43x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	21x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	21x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	11x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	11x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $729

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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