Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	215% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 05:20
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$78 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 241 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 795 81% 655 Pts	64-Core 1,028 64% 1,028 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 139 Parallax 138 94% 131 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 109 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 764GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15647 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 348 (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 69 48 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 69 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1067123963	88.2% Excellent	Read 511 Write 408 Mixed 425 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 27.3 122% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 99 88% 126 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 133%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 2,042 Write 1,084 Mixed 1,298 325% 1,475 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 40.6 184% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 88.6 118% 212 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 216GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 20016 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 181 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 67 44 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 163 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29561662773	94.4% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 407 Mixed 424 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 27.6 122% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 134 141% 233 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 159GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q 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 94 94 28652 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 864 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 67 47 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 340 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8640259246	88.1% Excellent	Read 498 Write 343 Mixed 356 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 24.3 116% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 94.4 124% 226 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 126%
WD Se 4TB-$90 2,519 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 143 10216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 971 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 424 (10) Unknown 6 194 118093110554 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 876 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 40 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	78.3% Very good	Read 146 Write 127 Mixed 130 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.25 114% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 581GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 106 98 7666 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 378 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14565 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 336 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 154 154 138439 (C2) HDA temperature 114 96 33 (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	66.5% Good	Read 119 Write 113 Mixed 109 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.16 90% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 2,108 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	MC Read 44.7 MC Write 55 MC Mixed 43.1 136% 47.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 21.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 115%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

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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 $182	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) $30	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