Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	170% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	45 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '17 at 19:28
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 786 78% 636 Pts	64-Core 969 60% 969 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 88%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3212) 3GB CLim: 1005 MHz, MLim: 1387 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 49.6 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 62.5 40% 48.3 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 48.3 Splatting 40.5 33% 40 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 39%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2050 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 82.9 Parallax 78.8 65% 80.4 fps	MRender 76.4 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 78.5 63% 76.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 287GB free Firmware: SAFC12.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3405 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 478 (A2) Unknown 100 100 236 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65542 (AE) Unknown 100 100 76 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 809 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1230
Poor: 62% Great: 100%
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 287GB free Firmware: SAFC12.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3411 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 478 (A2) Unknown 100 100 281 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65543 (AE) Unknown 100 100 76 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 812 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1233
Poor: 62% Great: 100%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,551 Write 924 Mixed 1,007 256% 1,161 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 39.2 147% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 70.5 74% 121 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 802GB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47600008 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1695 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20593362 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1281 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1008709771 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 521404447 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18940 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 55834574879 (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 0	93.4% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 182 Mixed 140 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GVR Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FAD F4-2400C15-8GVR Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FAD F4-2400C15-8GVR Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FAD F4-2400C15-8GVR Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FAD 48GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	117% Outstanding	MC Read 45.9 MC Write 44.6 MC Mixed 45.3 129% 45.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 24.3 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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 $76Bench 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 $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