Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 65.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	105% 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	50.7% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 07:55
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 (86^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 70.1 2-Core 128 58% 94.1 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 428 41% 338 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 151 Parallax 133 110% 139 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 141 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 106 99 81 86 97 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.7% Above average	Read 133 Write 132 Mixed 148 SusWrite 97.2 29% 127 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 26.8 106% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 98.2 90% 138 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 84%
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$40 8,737 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 148GB free Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 483 503 511 514 506 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 487 Mixed 445 SusWrite 495 108% 479 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 45.6 154% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 307 252% 358 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 153%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 103GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 77 85 79 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 63 Write 60.8 Mixed 50 SusWrite 73.1 46% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 84%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 41GB free Firmware: 05.01C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 46 46 46 46 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 54 Write 53 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 46.6 36% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992005 (997005) 4x4GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.9% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 16.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 12.7 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 61%

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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	564x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	138x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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 $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