Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	173% 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.

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	44.8 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 26 '17 at 14:45
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (97^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 777 74% 612 Pts	64-Core 991 61% 991 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.7% 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: 1065 MHz, MLim: 1402 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Lighting 52 Reflection 34.6 Parallax 65.4 42% 50.7 fps	MRender 32.5 Gravity 50.6 Splatting 42.6 35% 41.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 39%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 82.5 Parallax 70.1 62% 76.4 fps	MRender 76.7 Gravity 67.8 Splatting 76.7 61% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 280GB 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 3669 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 585 (A2) Unknown 100 100 236 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65543 (AE) Unknown 100 100 157 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 157 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 903 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1380
Poor: 62% Great: 100%
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 280GB 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 3674 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 585 (A2) Unknown 100 100 281 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65543 (AE) Unknown 100 100 157 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 157 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 906 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1383
Poor: 62% Great: 100%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,344 Write 841 Mixed 1,053 239% 1,079 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 46.3 181% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 138 144% 238 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 722GB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 105657600 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1801 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21098573 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7574 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1387 (B4) Unknown 100 100 285866023 (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 73 48 454623259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19747 (C2) HDA temperature 27 52 55834574875 (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	83.1% Excellent	Read 156 Write 134 Mixed 150 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.18 72% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.1% 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	119% Outstanding	MC Read 47 MC Write 45.5 MC Mixed 45.5 131% 46 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 24 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 110%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,239x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	174x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $82Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16