Asus X99-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '16 at 02:57
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 817 80% 655 Pts	64-Core 1,014 63% 1,014 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1201.0 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 46% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10349304 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -138366666402786 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1888 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 438 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 42 47247392791 (C2) HDA temperature 23 42 47247392791 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10349304 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10349304 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10349304 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3899 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2768 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2768 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3289	64.8% Good	Read 469 Write 187 Mixed 232 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 16.9 110% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 82.9 DQ Mixed 14.2 23% 42.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 167 2308 (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 93 93 5835 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1982 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 340 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3428 (C2) HDA temperature 118 91 25 (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
Poor: 50% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 167 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3763 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5835 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1982 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 379 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3383 (C2) HDA temperature 118 90 25 (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
Poor: 50% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 8x4GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM 2933 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 47.1 MC Write 43.8 MC Mixed 46.7 131% 45.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 24.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 139%

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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	1,227x
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 $275Bench 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