Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


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 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.4% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	59.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 21:29
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	72%

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 i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 215 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 648 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 858 53% 858 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 347.25 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 81.6 Reflection 83.7 Parallax 82.3 66% 82.5 fps	MRender 80.1 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 66.4 59% 73.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 98 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 11 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 66 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 194146227	86.4% Excellent	Read 519 Write 489 Mixed 505 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 19.3 94% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 16.9 60% 122 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 124%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 3TB 2,213 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 176 Mixed 180 136% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.25 93% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%
Kingston DT microDuo 3C 32GB 1,513 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 14GB free, PID 16ae Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 121 Write 71.8 Mixed 16.8 74% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.73 4K Write 0.27 4K Mixed 0.16 43% 2.72 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 8x8GB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 42.8 MC Write 44.2 MC Mixed 42.4 123% 43.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 23.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 119%

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

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 $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 $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