Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	57.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 05:40
Run Duration	412 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (52^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 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 709 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 908 56% 908 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 212 Parallax 216 130% 196 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 192 Splatting 121 119% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29170 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 214 (B1) Unknown 98 98 93 (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 65 44 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 117 (F1) Unknown 99 99 61797181904	72.8% Very good	Read 505 Write 211 Mixed 295 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 26.1 108% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 97.2 89% 136 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 39GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11420 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 56 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 70 59 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1851101414	95.5% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 412 Mixed 275 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 31.2 139% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 73.2 86% 150 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 134%
SanDisk Cruzer 32GB 3,296 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 30GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	9.81% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 7.14 Mixed 8.92 13% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.68 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 1.29 106% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.81% Great: 18%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 21.1 Write 6.45 Mixed 8.75 13% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.08 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 1.03 112% 2.91 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GB 3,127 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 43 123% 43 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 21.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 130%

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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	1,227x
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 $283Bench 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 $132	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) $34	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