Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	41.1 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '17 at 11:59
Run Duration	309 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 100 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 622 62% 507 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.1% Very good	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 103 Parallax 96.4 81% 99.5 fps	MRender 89.4 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 85 73% 89.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Wildfire 120GB-$91 279 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 88 88 12789803 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 34497177343165 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 542 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 53 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 59 1095220527140 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12789803 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12789803 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12789803 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15532 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12798 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12798 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17837	62% Good	Read 493 Write 173 Mixed 256 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 11.8 87% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 11.1 48% 105 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 85%
Corsair Force 3 90GB-$242 1,943 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 15GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 20461224238257 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 962 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 140 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 74 74 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 76206 (EA) Unknown 0 0 70457 (F1) Unknown 0 0 70457 (F2) Unknown 0 0 37860	39.4% Below average	Read 201 Write 87.8 Mixed 112 29% 134 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 11.1 82% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 22.3 DQ Write 83.5 DQ Mixed 10.3 20% 38.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 56%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA28A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 458752 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 97 (03) Spinup time 118 118 51580306010 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3341 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 112 112 39 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 53426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 598 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3840 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3840 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 261993332764 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 50948	48% Average	Read 87.5 Write 79.8 Mixed 73.7 60% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.26 70% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 69%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 171 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9857 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 31465 (C2) HDA temperature 115 88 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 160 Write 128 Mixed 128 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.2 89% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 46 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 44 10144 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4595 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30458 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1756 (B5) Unknown 100 100 14290557 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 71 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 223338889242 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 463 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4872	77.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 135 Mixed 128 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.47 125% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 72%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 221GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 182 5550 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 383 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9190 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16777 (C2) HDA temperature 118 103 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	55.4% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 93.3 Mixed 89.2 71% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.24 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 200GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 64940976 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 256 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 58 592800721526 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 538116127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 15 15 170978 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 51539607583 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -129905580824430 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39065243727 (F2) Unknown 100 253 414231195266	77.2% Very good	Read 156 Write 113 Mixed 115 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 114%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 159GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 171 4083 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16352 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 38875 (C2) HDA temperature 110 90 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.9% Good	Read 140 Write 93.1 Mixed 109 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 KHX2133C14/16G CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 KHX2133C14/16G 48GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 38.3 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 20.4 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 103%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,228x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	326x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	170x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	32x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 2x8GBMicronBench 68%, 1,302 samples	27x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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