Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141210
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '17 at 00:40
Run Duration	326 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 803 81% 656 Pts	64-Core 1,007 62% 1,007 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 71.7 Parallax 64.2 59% 69.5 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 66.2 Splatting 56.2 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 240GB-$50 1,382 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM07.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16196 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (AA) Unknown 100 100 738 (AD) Unknown 100 100 23790059 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 87 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14626	49.2% Average	Read 510 Write 15.2 Mixed 340 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 8.55 70% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 22.5 60% 126 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 85%
Seagate ST9250421AS 250GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 150GB free Firmware: SD13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 100 100774550 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1866 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 81430 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 572129314 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3526 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 90194313250 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 49 100774550 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	45.8% Average	Read 83.6 Write 76 Mixed 79.5 60% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.48 94% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 48%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 129GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 158 4916 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9226 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 778 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 483 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9241 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 37 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40% Below average	Read 75.1 Write 63.9 Mixed 48.5 47% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 60%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 186GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9174 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11520 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 256 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 87244 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 33 (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	61.2% Good	Read 112 Write 101 Mixed 101 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.31 75% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 117GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103130376 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20958 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19985809 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32481 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 357 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 52 655949863 (C2) HDA temperature 39 48 64424509479 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 16 103130376 (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 -75101798117496 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2076754753 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2252278454	64.8% Good	Read 111 Write 115 Mixed 110 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.54 101% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 68%
Seagate ST9250421AS 250GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 92GB free Firmware: SD13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 242535896 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7813 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1624034 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7793 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 53 622526501 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11733 (C2) HDA temperature 37 47 94489280549 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 42 242535896 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	37% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 64.5 Mixed 63.2 48% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.44 91% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 48%
Seagate ST9250421ASG 250GB-$35 333 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 78GB free Firmware: SD13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 109194131 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7974 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 964591 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 148 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 22 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 605683748 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16256 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 90194313252 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 45 109194131 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	35% Below average	Read 60.4 Write 61.5 Mixed 59.8 46% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.45 99% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 49%
Seagate ST9250421AS 250GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 7GB free Firmware: SD13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 100 22947768 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1781 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 95656 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7322 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 588906531 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3305 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 90194313251 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 43 22947768 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	25.9% Poor	Read 44.4 Write 45.5 Mixed 43.3 33% 44.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.39 86% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 4x4GB 1,049 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 36.6 111% 39 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 22.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 102%

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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	1,232x
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	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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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Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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