Asus M5A99X Evo

Published by Christian Ney on 04.07.11
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Specifications




CPU Support AMD AM3+ FX Series
AMD AM3 Phenom II Seires
AMD AM3 Athlon II Series
AMD Sempron 100 Series
Chipset NortBridge: AMD 990X
SouthBridge: AMD SB950
System Bus Up to 5200 MT/s; HyperTransport 3.0
Memory Support Dual Channel DDR3, 4 x DIMM, Max. 32 GB DDR3, 2133(OC)/1866/1800/1600/1333/1066 MHz ECC / Non-ECC, Un-buffered
Multi-GPU ATI CrossFireX, Quad-GPU CrossFireX
nVidia SLI, Quad-GPU SLI
Slots 3 x PCI Express Gen 2.0 x16
(16x, 0x, 4x)(8x, 8x, 4x)(0x, 16x, 4x)
2 x PCI Express Gen 2.0 x1
2 x PCI 2.2
Audio Realtek ALC892 8 Channel High Definition
Storage SB950 Chipset:
6 x SATA3 (SATA 6Gb/s)
JMicron 362 Controller
2 x SATA2 (SATA 3Gb/s)
1 x Power eSATA2 (SATA 3Gb/s)
1 x eSATA2 (SATA 3Gb/s)
RAID 0,1,5,10
LAN Realtek® 8111E , 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller
Back panel I/O
  • 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/mouse
  • 1 x RJ45 LAN
  • 6 x Audio jack (Audio 7.1)
  • 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out
  • 1 x IEEE 1394a
  • 1 x eSATA2
  • 1 x Power eSATA2
  • 2 x USB 3.0/2.0
  • 8 x USB 2.0/1.1
Internal Connectors
  • 1 x 24-pin ATX
  • 1 x 8 pin ATX 12v
  • 1 x 4-pin CPU_FAN
  • 1 x 3-pin PWR_FAN
  • 1 x 4-pin CHA_FAN
  • 2 x 3-pin CHA_FAN
  • 1 x TPU Switch
  • 1 x EPU Switch
  • 1 x CLR_CMOS Jumper
  • 1 x MemOK!
  • 1 x 4-pin Speaker
  • 1 x LED(IDE + Power) front panel connector
  • 1 x Audio front panel connector
  • 1 x Power button front panel connector
  • 1 x Reset button front panel connector
  • 1 x S/PDIF Out
  • 6 x SATA3
  • 2 x SATA2
  • USB2 Up to six USB 2.0 ports
  • 2 x USB3
  • 1 x IEEE 1394a
  • 1 x COM
  • 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
BIOS
  • 1 x UEFI BIOS with 32MB Flash ROM
  • Plug&Play / ACPI2.0a / DMI2.0 / WfM2.0 / SM BIOS 2.6
  • Hardware Monitor (voltages, temperatures)
  • Mutli Boot / F11
  • Options to deactivate peripherals
  • OverClocking options
  • Voltage adjustments
  • frequency adjustment
  • ASUS EZ Flash 2
  • ASUS OC Profile
  • Removable BIOS chip
Form Factor ATX 305 x 244 mm
Bundle
  • I/O Shield
  • User Guide
  • Driver/Software DVD
  • 4 x SATA3 cable
  • 1 x SLI Bridge
  • 2 x ASUS Connectors (for the front-panel)


Bundle

The M5A99X Evo's delivery comes with everything you need to build your computer. You find a manual, the I/O shield, four SATA3 cable, the ASUS ROG DVD (drivers, software), two ASUS connectors and a SLI bridge.


Software

ASUS Update Allows us to check and update the latest available BIOS directly from ASUS website.
ASUS FAN Xpert FAN Xpert allows you to adjust both the CPU and chassis fan speeds according to different ambient temperatures and your PC's system loading. The various fan profiles affer flexible controls of fan speed to achieve a quiet and cool system environment.
ASUS MyLogo Allow you to change the POST Logo at system startup with any pic you want.
ASUS Probe II Probe II is a utility that monitors frequencies, voltages, temperatures and fan speeds. You can also start recording monitoring of your computer at system startup.
ASUS TurboV EVO Allows you to overclock the bus frequency, CPU voltage, IMC voltage and DRAM Bus voltage in Windows and takes effect in realtime without exiting and rebooting the OS.
ASUS DIGI+ VRM Meanwhile ASUS also provides its boards with digital power designs. Using the the right software, in this case ASUS DIGI+ VRM Utility it is not only possible to adjust voltages whilst being in Windows on can now also control impedances.
ASUS TPU As soon as one activates the TPU this chips monitors all possible voltages and clock speeds using the according software. The difference to the EPU is that TPU will provide as much performance as possible. Therefore it can increase clock speeds and voltages.





Page 1 - ASUS M5A99X Evo Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2
Page 2 - Specifications Page 9 - SuperPi/WPrime
Page 3 - Presentaion/Layout/I/O/Bundle Page 10 - Games
Page 4 - BIOS Page 11 - Asus AI Suite II / TurboV Evo Overclocking
Page 5 - Test Setup Page 12 - Temperatures
Page 6 - FutureMark Page 13 - Overclocking
Page 7 - SiSoft Sandra 1 Page 14 - Conclusion  



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