Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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. 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 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '22 at 04:15
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 (75^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 56.9 2-Core 110 53% 83.1 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 343 37% 293 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 5180) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 139 Parallax 143 104% 137 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 133 Splatting 116 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 3+0 Stripe/RAID0 381GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 110GB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 235 256 261 253 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 406 Write 257 Mixed 174 SusWrite 226 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 27.8 100% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 157 119% 159 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 154%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 728GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 187 222 224 225 225 MB/s Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.7% Above average	Read 238 Write 176 Mixed 201 SusWrite 202 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 20.7 89% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 29.5 51% 100 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.3% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	565x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	59x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	41x
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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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $610

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16