Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.78% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	65.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '22 at 16:31
Run Duration	402 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Memory 72.9 1-Core 68 2-Core 110 52% 83.5 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 361 36% 292 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Zotac(19DA 5194) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	8.78% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 14.6 Parallax 9.5 8% 11.4 fps	MRender 15.5 Gravity 10.5 Splatting 10.8 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.78% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 2,182 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 30 154 60 34 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 454 Write 475 Mixed 408 SusWrite 94.5 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 32.8 112% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 170 126% 163 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 108%
Spcc Solid State Disk 128GB 14,793 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 119GB free Firmware: V3.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 364 362 369 365 346 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 393 Write 321 Mixed 261 SusWrite 362 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 8.2 65% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 93.1 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 13.2 42% 88.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 93%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 108GB free Firmware: 503ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 128 128 128 127 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 355 Write 151 Mixed 192 SusWrite 129 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 36 4K Mixed 23.5 80% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 125 106% 155 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 128 132 132 132 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 126 Write 124 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 131 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 204GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 61 62 62 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 53.8 Write 55.4 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 60.6 40% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 67%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 596GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 110 Mixed 66.1 SusWrite 106 70% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 62%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	5.04% Terrible	Read 15 Write 9.2 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 11.3 13% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.04% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.7% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13.8 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.3 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 94.9 42% 94.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 34%

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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	564x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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 $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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $610

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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