Asus M5A99X EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99X EVO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 00:07
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 75 2-Core 147 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 399 41% 333 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3979) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 65.1 Reflection 68 Parallax 61 53% 64.7 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 55 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 42GB free Firmware: 600A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4876313 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 92384746549595 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1868 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 115 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 55 77313015839 (C2) HDA temperature 31 55 77313015839 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4876313 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4876313 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4876313 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20169 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9029 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9029 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13360 (F4) Unknown 98 98 196739155	61.9% Good	Read 512 Write 208 Mixed 230 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 13 77% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 42.7 59% 106 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 85%
Monster Digital SSD 120G 120GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 17973140 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -99480032469531 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 647 (AB) Unknown 0 0 5 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 649 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 5 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 77312622627 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17973140 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 10 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17973140 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17973140 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 89 89 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 53775 (EA) Unknown 0 0 37413 (F1) Unknown 0 0 37413 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16422	56.2% Above average	Read 464 Write 141 Mixed 191 58% 265 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 11.9 81% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 39 54% 99.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 63%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 535GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 172 2075 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 372 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 363 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 266 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	92.2% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 142 Mixed 143 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.36 141% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 490GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 2083 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 576 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 553 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 413 (C2) HDA temperature 114 95 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	110% Outstanding	Read 227 Write 158 Mixed 170 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.29 115% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 324GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 63 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5180 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 6643 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 10 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 50563 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 19 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3415 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 95 63 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 494 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 83 50 286326801 (C2) HDA temperature 76 50 403767320 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 7917 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	38.9% Below average	Read 51.5 Write 83.5 Mixed 65.5 50% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.51 128% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 61GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 173 2000 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 599 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 418 (C2) HDA temperature 113 91 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	97.8% Outstanding	Read 119 Write 222 Mixed 127 116% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.61 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.3 135% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 109%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 256GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 208GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 73.7 Write 79.4 Mixed 67.6 95% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.83 4K Write 3.03 4K Mixed 1.95 195% 3.94 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	42% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 54%

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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 $50Bench 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: $516

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16