Asus M5A99X EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 60.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.1% 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	47.8% 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 (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99X EVO (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130410
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '18 at 17:37
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 as expected (49^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 71.7 2-Core 135 58% 95.3 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 396 38% 312 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2673) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	29.1% Poor	Lighting 33.6 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 41.7 27% 36.6 fps	MRender 47.9 Gravity 37.8 Splatting 35.2 32% 40.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 77 71 74 70 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 403 Write 141 Mixed 151 SusWrite 76.7 42% 193 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 19.2 68% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 68.1 DQ Mixed 87.8 77% 118 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 86%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 218GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 97 96 99 106 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 106 Write 103 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 99 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 63%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 33GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 67 68 68 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 92.5 Write 90.2 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 67.3 58% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 69%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 332GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 102 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 78.7 Write 74 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 103 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 85%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 125 125 129 127 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 96 Write 120 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 124 72% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.5 270% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	44.4% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 15.5 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 11.6 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 54%

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

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Typical M5A99X EVO Builds (Compare 322 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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 $54Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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