Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	130% 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	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 02:01
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 205 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 612 63% 509 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Lighting 87.8 Reflection 84.4 Parallax 82.7 72% 85 fps	MRender 79.6 Gravity 76 Splatting 65.9 60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 104GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 881 Write 480 Mixed 508 137% 623 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 15.8 68% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 84.1 97% 170 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 291%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1293 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 7054 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1611 (64) Unknown 100 100 4951424 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 148 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 74 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 100 266288693293 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1293 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 641 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1293 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10238 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7480 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9302 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 16317	130% Outstanding	Read 1,139 Write 600 Mixed 748 183% 829 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 15.6 125% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 18.5 83% 188 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 159%

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 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 41.9 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 42.1 121% 42.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 21.2 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 119%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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