Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	241% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '17 at 03:54
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 899 88% 721 Pts	64-Core 1,118 69% 1,118 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 83.2 Reflection 83.8 Parallax 75.1 68% 80.7 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 66.2 59% 72.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,398 Write 1,057 Mixed 1,278 346% 1,578 MB/s	4K Read 55.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 42.1 203% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 535 DQ Write 383 DQ Mixed 114 179% 344 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 236%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 63GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 4711835 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 123145302335530 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4840 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 155 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4711835 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4711835 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4711835 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19460 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19726 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19726 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21736	68.1% Good	Read 489 Write 129 Mixed 195 59% 271 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 16.9 118% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 10.7 45% 102 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 82%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 214 197 8266 (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 100 100 566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 173 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9369 (C2) HDA temperature 120 113 32 (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	97.4% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 167 Mixed 155 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.22 110% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 97%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 214 197 8266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 225 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6304 (C2) HDA temperature 120 114 32 (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	73.6% Very good	Read 122 Write 135 Mixed 111 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.11 22% 0.18 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 2,538 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 43.7 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 40.3 121% 42.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 24 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

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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 $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