Asus X99-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	82.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141001
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 04:24
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 241 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 676 73% 581 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7168 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2284 (B1) Unknown 98 98 84 (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 58 50 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 276 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42654393737	82.2% Excellent	Read 493 Write 272 Mixed 352 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 29.2 112% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 121 127% 212 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 124%
GB1000EAFJL 1TB 468 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 886GB free Firmware: HPGC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 63 243909938 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4195 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 33 (07) Seek error rate 74 44 255207324154 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 49055 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 102 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1915 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 89 4295032844 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 639828006 (C2) HDA temperature 38 48 51539607590 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 21 243909938 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 33 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	51.8% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 87.7 Mixed 93.9 69% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 44.7 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 42.5 124% 43.6 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 23.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 117%

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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	1,232x
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 $295	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