Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	88.1% 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	53% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '17 at 17:46
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 68.1 2-Core 125 58% 93.1 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 383 38% 313 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.4% 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 (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.4 91% 109 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 27092057 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -60129542139331 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2120 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 594 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 52 81607786527 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 81607786527 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 27092057 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 27092057 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 27092057 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12207 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9429 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9429 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13467 (F4) Unknown 97 97 6881385	53% Above average	Read 478 Write 110 Mixed 164 54% 251 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 10.3 86% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 53.8 DQ Write 66.6 DQ Mixed 27.5 30% 49.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 73%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 825 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2.5TB free Firmware: 040B Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 148 Write 94.7 Mixed 98.4 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 7.21 4K Mixed 0.51 224% 2.84 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 981GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 141857616 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3036 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 87256769 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3853 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1754 (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 505085981 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 249 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26036 (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 -127826816661802 (F1) Unknown 100 253 68582845109 (F2) Unknown 100 253 258810356017	83.3% Excellent	Read 155 Write 135 Mixed 139 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.3% 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 147 147 34387263846 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3838 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1738 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3838 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3838 (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	63.6% Good	Read 121 Write 101 Mixed 113 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.18 74% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 462GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 116 Write 72.5 Mixed 88.9 70% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 4.41 4K Mixed 0.27 139% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 389GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 124 Write 71.9 Mixed 63 64% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 4.36 4K Mixed 0.28 131% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 239GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 144 Write 110 Mixed 107 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 103%
WD Elements 25A3 5TB 1,735 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 137 Write 129 Mixed 121 164% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1866C9D3/8GX KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1866C9D3/8GX 24GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.1% Poor	MC Read 11 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.6 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 70%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

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	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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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $610

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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