Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	161% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160818
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '17 at 01:36
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 82.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 216 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 692 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 851 53% 851 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 1989) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Lighting 85.2 Reflection 89.1 Parallax 81.3 70% 85.2 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 79.8 Splatting 71.7 63% 78 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 98GB free Firmware: 2.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8659 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2076 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2365 (A9) Unknown 100 100 3407877 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 174 174 81646256341 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 169 (C2) HDA temperature 65 65 270584971299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	72.4% Very good	Read 480 Write 215 Mixed 276 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 20.9 117% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 20 46% 90.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 97%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1,533 Write 702 Mixed 921 231% 1,052 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 30.2 179% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 47.2 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 28.6 44% 80 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 243%
WD WD10EZEX-08RKKA0 2TB 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 127 127 21494169900 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 242 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 240 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 531 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 531 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 236224446501 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88.4% Excellent	Read 161 Write 147 Mixed 170 121% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.21 101% 1 MB/s

WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 133GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1949 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7884 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1648 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1753 (C2) HDA temperature 106 96 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80% Very good	Read 150 Write 129 Mixed 126 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.27 100% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 8x4GB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 44.2 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 43.7 125% 43.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 21.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 119%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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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Value: 67% - Good

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