Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 58.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	14.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	61.5% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '16 at 18:14
Run Duration	404 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.4% Above average	Memory 84.7 1-Core 47.4 2-Core 94 50% 75.4 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 189 25% 189 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 83B5) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 16.9 Reflection 20.1 Parallax 5.19 14% 14.1 fps	MRender 23.4 Gravity 18 Splatting 20.2 17% 20.5 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 100 1364 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 863 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 48 (A9) Unknown 100 100 28 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 34 (AE) Unknown 100 100 193 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 100 219043332139 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7477 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5955 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4354	61.5% Good	Read 490 Write 344 Mixed 409 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 37.2 4K Mixed 3.85 48% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 23 58% 121 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 86%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 211 168 4408 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5443 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 50992 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5264 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1811 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5560 (C2) HDA temperature 106 98 44 (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 200 200 987 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	24.3% Poor	Read 80.5 Write 3.34 Mixed 7.58 22% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.42 117% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 19GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 159 3733 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4729 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43533 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4727 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2871 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4729 (C2) HDA temperature 104 96 43 (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 1 1467 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41% Average	Read 63.6 Write 78.8 Mixed 76.9 55% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.43 113% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 69%
WD 020G9SA External 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 6GB free, PID 0704 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	12.2% Very poor	Read 24.9 Write 27.1 Mixed 25.4 34% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.19 37% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.8% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 12.5 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 9.4 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 70%

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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 $47Bench 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 $75Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $605

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16