Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	140% 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160818
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 04:54
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 693 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Lighting 64.5 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 61.4 53% 65.1 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 59.9 Splatting 55.7 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB 1,434 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: UXM6501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5092 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1644 (B1) Unknown 93 93 230 (B2) Unknown 91 91 221 (B3) Unknown 92 92 421 (B4) Unknown 92 92 4827 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0	140% Outstanding	Read 972 Write 772 Mixed 827 191% 857 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 39 142% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 88.4 103% 179 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 160%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 111GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5094 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1432 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 79 63 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2418602131	107% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 495 Mixed 513 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 43.2 141% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 129 131% 213 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 59GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4622 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1308 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 78 68 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30572303	109% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 452 Mixed 470 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 38.6 151% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 133 148% 254 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 119%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 364GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 163 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2882 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1409 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2862 (C2) HDA temperature 119 105 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	81.4% Excellent	Read 147 Write 137 Mixed 136 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.27 132% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GB-$84 1,914 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 37.7 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 21.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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