Asus M5A99X EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 53.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	16.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99X EVO (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130410
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 00:45
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Memory 82.2 1-Core 47.3 2-Core 93.6 49% 74.4 Pts	4-Core 148 8-Core 135 19% 142 Pts	64-Core 148 9% 148 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% XFX(1682 3108) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 19.7 18% 19.3 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 15.8 Splatting 20 14% 16.3 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 189 188 187 190 191 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 316 Write 238 Mixed 236 SusWrite 194 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 24.8 90% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 208 160% 217 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 91GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 67 68 67 67 66 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 83.7 Write 77 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 67.5 52% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 426GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 125 125 126 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 121 Write 121 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 125 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS722080K9A300 80GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 74GB free Firmware: DCBOCA1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 55 56 56 56 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 53.3 Write 57.3 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 55.4 37% 50.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.9% Poor	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 11.1 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 7.6 18% 6.33 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 51%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	74x
FX-8150AMD $770Bench 59%, 22,181 samples	50x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	35x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	14x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	14x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	7x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	161x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	66x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	35x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

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