Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79% 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	58.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	12.7 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	Feb 11 '18 at 11:50
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 236 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 840 82% 673 Pts	64-Core 1,058 66% 1,058 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.1% 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: 390.77 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 101 Parallax 105 84% 103 fps	MRender 84.8 Gravity 90.3 Splatting 83.2 70% 86.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 480GB-$300 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 31625950 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -36515811948061 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 443 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 56 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 48 34362884121 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 31625950 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 31625950 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 31625950 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5450 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6253 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6253 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5596	58.2% Above average	Read 510 Write 195 Mixed 282 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 16 4K Mixed 15.7 63% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 95.5 DQ Mixed 62.3 70% 123 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 66%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 590GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 163 6633 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3769 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6005 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 984 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26625 (C2) HDA temperature 121 99 29 (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	52.7% Above average	Read 118 Write 66 Mixed 82.9 67% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.19 69% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 67%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 475GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113129024 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 441 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18366838 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 250 (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 53 521469981 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2649 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 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 -86844238723657 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6871761577 (F2) Unknown 100 253 514574617330	88.5% Excellent	Read 158 Write 149 Mixed 117 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.77 210% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.5% 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 (30^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.9% Good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 17.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 75%

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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 $300	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