Asus X99-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	37.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140915
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 19:18
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 214 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 662 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 840 52% 840 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 1972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8602620012 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -106858786306884 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 625 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 131 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 36 64426868769 (C2) HDA temperature 33 36 64426868769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 102 102 8602620012 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 102 102 8602620012 (CC) Soft ECC correction 102 102 8602620012 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22915 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8070 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8070 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10125	37.4% Below average	Read 352 Write 79.2 Mixed 124 40% 185 MB/s	4K Read 5.61 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 3.8 55% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 38.6 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 6.52 24% 50.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 185GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3635 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 66 488243229 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3567 (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	57.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 99 Mixed 103 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.3 117% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GB-$84 1,914 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 36.3 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 21.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,229x
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 $255Bench 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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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