With the M5A99X Evo, ASUS has a motherboard in its portfolio which is based on the very recent AMD 990X chipset. Furthermore it features an attractive pricing and quite a lot of features. There is for example the possibility to connect up to six USB 3.0 drives. This board also features ASUS' very well though EFI BIOS.

ASUS' latest AMD board belongs to their M5A9 series. Based on AMDs socket AM3+ and their high-end chipset the 990X allows you to use both AM3 and AM3+ CPUs. Furthermore it features CrossFireX as well as SLI, High Definition Audio 7.1, SATA3/USB3.

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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