Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	137% 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	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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '16 at 07:19
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 85.4 2-Core 169 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 523 52% 425 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 105 Parallax 97.9 119% 116 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 91.1 Splatting 76.2 69% 84.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 209GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 832 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 52 (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 64 52 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 720653885	65.6% Good	Read 315 Write 322 Mixed 291 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 20.6 105% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 38.1 DQ Write 65.6 DQ Mixed 20.2 24% 41.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 124%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3872 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 826 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (64) Unknown 100 100 2638272 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 40 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 39 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 100 274879348779 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3872 (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 1724 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 3872 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1694 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1573 (F2) Unknown 100 100 962 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 8882	137% Outstanding	Read 1,206 Write 649 Mixed 774 193% 876 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 17.3 124% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 17.2 90% 206 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 159%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 914GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 124 122 6775 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 601 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35333 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 253 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 118 118 247106 (C2) HDA temperature 120 99 27 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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 88.9 Write 94.8 Mixed 65.8 62% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.13 66% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 613GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 133 3983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 416 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3682 (C2) HDA temperature 116 94 27 (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	73.4% Very good	Read 118 Write 137 Mixed 73.4 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 0.24 123% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-15-15 D4-2666 4x4GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 32.4 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 17.7 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 97%

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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	1,235x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 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	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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Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16