Asus M5A99X EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	70.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 M5A99X EVO (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '20 at 09:32
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3r2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 63.9 2-Core 117 58% 90.7 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 374 37% 302 Pts	64-Core 342 21% 342 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.2% Very good	Lighting 83.2 Reflection 103 Parallax 86.3 68% 90.9 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 89.9 Splatting 92.3 75% 91.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 449 Write 381 Mixed 349 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 40.6 134% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 225 169% 226 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
WDC WDS 250G2B0A-00SM50 250GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 39GB free Firmware: 4010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 230 234 235 234 160 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 419 Write 386 Mixed 272 SusWrite 223 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 37.4 124% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 224 170% 229 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 95%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 58GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 121 121 120 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 88.8 Write 88.7 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 121 72% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 76%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 79GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 63 62 62 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 69.8 Write 69.8 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 62.2 45% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 51%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 100GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 76 76 76 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 83.8 Write 85.5 Mixed 89 SusWrite 75.3 62% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 76%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.4 3.2 3.8 3.1 3.2 3.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	5.03% Terrible	Read 24.5 Write 2 Mixed 6 SusWrite 3.1 8% 8.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.03% Great: 9%
Samsung S2 Portable 1TB 1,558 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 396GB free, PID 1f08 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 29 30 30 30 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 27 Write 21.3 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 28.6 32% 24 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 49% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 20%

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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 14.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 51.1% 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 $46Bench 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 $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