Asus M5A99X EVO

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99X EVO (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '18 at 09:36
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 (98^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 144 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 418 39% 327 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 1370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.1% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 72.8 63% 77.2 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 65 58% 71.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 233 254 253 254 255 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 472 Write 248 Mixed 266 SusWrite 237 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 32.5 107% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 130 124% 195 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 123%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 12GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 134 120 127 135 129 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 389 Write 150 Mixed 194 SusWrite 128 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 32.3 121% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 161 122% 164 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 85GB free Firmware: SD04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 59 58 59 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 78.2 Write 41.2 Mixed 48 SusWrite 58.2 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 59%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 51GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 77 79 91 76 81 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 75.3 Write 40.5 Mixed 47 SusWrite 82.3 45% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 17.8 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.5 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 51%

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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 $48Bench 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: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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