Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	320% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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	43.6 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 17:29
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$78 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 874 90% 724 Pts	64-Core 1,116 69% 1,116 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Device(7377 0000) 3GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2156 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 75.6 Parallax 65.7 63% 72.7 fps	MRender 76.7 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 72.4 60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,959 Write 1,629 Mixed 1,965 482% 2,184 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 71.7 253% 92.2 MB/s	DQ Read 626 DQ Write 426 DQ Mixed 252 262% 434 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 306%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 81GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2659 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 245 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 85 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 40 257699282976 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1257575017 (F7) Unknown 100 100 39367464 (F8) Unknown 100 100 18906529 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1937 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	87.1% Excellent	Read 480 Write 341 Mixed 338 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 26.1 115% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 44.1 97% 203 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 98%
WD WD60PURX-64LZMY0 6TB 1,184 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 228 199 7566 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3589 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12895 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1285 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 404 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3232 (C2) HDA temperature 124 103 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 47% Great: 100%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 566GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 195 195 21494563306 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 487 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7269 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 212 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 576 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 576 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 193274642464 (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	66% Good	Read 125 Write 105 Mixed 88.9 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 92%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 77GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 187 187 21497905627 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 403 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9073 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 224 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 489 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 489 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 223339413536 (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	85.9% Excellent	Read 152 Write 148 Mixed 128 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.24 100% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C14-16GTZ F4-3200C14-16GTZ Corsair CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 Corsair CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 48GB 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 16384, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	143% Outstanding	MC Read 50.6 MC Write 64.4 MC Mixed 52.8 160% 55.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 25.2 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns

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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) $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