Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	144% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '17 at 04:26
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 834 81% 668 Pts	64-Core 1,035 64% 1,035 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Lighting 207 Reflection 221 Parallax 213 168% 214 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 194 Splatting 140 128% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 180 960GB-$230 344 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6347 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (AB) Unknown 100 100 242246992 (AE) Unknown 100 100 58 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 176 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10354 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12891 (F9) Unknown 100 100 400909958	102% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 498 Mixed 495 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 25.8 120% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 69.3 124% 243 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 180 5041 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 69 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4038 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1540 (C2) HDA temperature 121 110 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	88.1% Excellent	Read 167 Write 140 Mixed 133 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.18 83% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 595GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 72720960 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 17215316569 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 679 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 505282590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4346 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 42949672990 (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 -43099996802914 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41893524866 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23388765611	91.5% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 155 Mixed 143 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.29 72% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 114%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 493GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 178 5066 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 69 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4038 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1563 (C2) HDA temperature 121 109 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	84% Excellent	Read 157 Write 135 Mixed 122 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.17 86% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 25.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 21.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 88%

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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