Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.4% 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	59.4% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '17 at 14:47
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (42^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 80.8 2-Core 173 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 758 68% 576 Pts	64-Core 978 60% 978 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1316 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 103 Parallax 94.1 82% 99.2 fps	MRender 84.1 Gravity 88.6 Splatting 79.1 68% 84 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 480GB-$300 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 22696154 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 42958262896797 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 371 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 48 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 48 34362884120 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22696154 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22696154 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22696154 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4501 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5195 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5195 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4484	59.4% Above average	Read 467 Write 242 Mixed 243 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 14.9 4K Mixed 15.6 65% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 85.4 DQ Mixed 62.6 68% 117 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 66%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 779GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 163 6591 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3554 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 915 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25511 (C2) HDA temperature 122 99 28 (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	34.6% Below average	Read 63.6 Write 56.9 Mixed 62.1 46% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.21 60% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 67%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 601GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 187926280 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 318 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10051699 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 177 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1783 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 68719476765 (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 38139309589554 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5570352118 (F2) Unknown 100 253 180378968290	69% Good	Read 86.7 Write 152 Mixed 115 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 5.31 4K Mixed 0.78 216% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FA 2x8GB 776 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.6% Good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 75%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,227x
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 $275Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	83x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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	31x
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 $273	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 $186	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) $35	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