Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


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 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 23:44
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 921 82% 696 Pts	64-Core 1,225 76% 1,225 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 148 Parallax 127 114% 138 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 889GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 936 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1769492 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 856 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 65 279173791777 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21474836485 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 299 (EA) Unknown 100 100 413 (F1) Unknown 253 253 392 (F2) Unknown 253 253 644 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.7% Very good	Read 499 Write 345 Mixed 319 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 15.7 91% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 37.7 79% 165 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 107%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 1,528 Write 452 Mixed 369 169% 783 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 28.4 4K Mixed 15.1 67% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 43.9 54% 95.2 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 155%
Zotac Sonix NVMe PCIe 480GB-$797 250 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 251GB free Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 2,451 Write 1,376 Mixed 1,664 404% 1,830 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 32.4 98% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 114 118% 193 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 244%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 222GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4343978 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -49881750173572 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 476 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 63 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 42 51542360101 (C2) HDA temperature 37 42 51542360101 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4343978 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4343978 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4343978 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7813 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6914 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6914 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3473 (F4) Unknown 98 98 5767243	63.7% Good	Read 513 Write 188 Mixed 258 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 14.3 81% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 49.7 74% 137 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 84%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 68GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4422 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 863 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21481848910 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 147 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 48 206159282221 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 158916411432 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 447 (EA) Unknown 100 100 635 (F1) Unknown 253 253 529 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1100 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.8% Good	Read 474 Write 330 Mixed 325 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 18.2 91% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 46.4 48% 73 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 575GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9825665 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7952 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17869475 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7481 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2574 (B7) Unknown 1 1 257 (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 67 60 555679777 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 16 9825665 (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 20298015455104 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3429479908 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2091667617	67.1% Good	Read 119 Write 115 Mixed 106 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.42 101% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 4,021 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80% Excellent	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 28 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 22.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 136%

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Gaming 45%

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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	1,241x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	175x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	48x

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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Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16