Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141210
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '18 at 12:30
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 263 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 796 82% 660 Pts	64-Core 1049 65% 1049 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 207 Parallax 203 152% 199 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 182 Splatting 129 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 949GB free Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	331% Outstanding	Read 2,460 Write 1,898 Mixed 1,847 459% 2,069 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 79.8 278% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 728 DQ Write 646 DQ Mixed 321 341% 565 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 331% Great: 363%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3481 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1574 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 66 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 143069 (A5) Unknown 100 100 176 (A6) Unknown 100 100 80 (A7) Unknown 100 100 138 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 17 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 116 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 109397 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 9 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 694394 (F2) Unknown 100 100 951482 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1144552	101% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 372 Mixed 430 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 36.5 145% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 73 114% 214 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215968248 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1966 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 194149109 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15961 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1573 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 40 40 60 (BE) vendor-specific 77 59 403963927 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26522 (C2) HDA temperature 23 41 42949672983 (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 -132237748061698 (F1) Unknown 100 253 140774835225 (F2) Unknown 100 253 240781005104
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 23GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 145 Write 30.4 Mixed 45.8 73% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.99 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.28 79% 3.15 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 35.6 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 99%

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Gaming 45%

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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	1,230x
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 $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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