Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.4% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 04:54
Run Duration	448 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 589 64% 509 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.6 92% 108 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 98.7 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 878GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 463 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 47 (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 72 64 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 664806878	96.4% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 391 Mixed 416 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 38.9 133% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 110 121% 206 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 76GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9231 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1557 (B1) Unknown 98 98 20 (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 71 59 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 53 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23899372473	84.1% Excellent	Read 498 Write 336 Mixed 355 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 23.9 109% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 91.9 111% 198 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76648552 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10632 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1652678 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9298 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1554 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 538247197 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24657 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 64424509469 (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 -7361573942199 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1081787260 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1261521301	95.8% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 156 Mixed 158 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 969GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146375872 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4995 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19764604 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9248 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1556 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 73 73 27 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 521535517 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 292 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28302 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 68719476765 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 52 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 52 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -9350143799037 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7359825429 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17146004511	93.9% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 159 Mixed 160 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.25 79% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 114%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 6,669 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	2.84% Terrible	Read 9.38 Write 3.04 Mixed 4.22 6% 5.55 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 13% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.84% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 1,983 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 38.4 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 115%

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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 $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