Asus X99-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	51.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	59.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 22:46
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 89.8 2-Core 191 69% 121 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 584 59% 480 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A240G 240GB 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.K Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5771 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 702 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (AA) Unknown 100 100 232 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2818119 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4653099 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 176094773284 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (DA) Unknown 100 100 2 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10198 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12704 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8063 (F4) Unknown 100 100 43 (F5) Unknown 100 100 71 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2948096	51.8% Above average	Read 473 Write 72.4 Mixed 345 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 10.4 73% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 73.5 DQ Mixed 58.8 71% 130 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 64 43471279 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 625 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1357038 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 48563195217038 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 327685 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 67 555614241 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 340 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1559 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 55834574881 (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 94291712016468 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11489242 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31982037	97.3% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 161 Mixed 118 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.3 99% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 100580000 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1386 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 28250029 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 63402307225465 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 64 572522530 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 934 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8528 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 60129542178 (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 35180077122166 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8122849283 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2937118990	96.9% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 183 Mixed 166 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 86GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118324064 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2102 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15998496 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5552 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 695 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 572456994 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33133 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 64424509474 (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 79967996085913 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15101937377 (F2) Unknown 100 253 106475649164	80.8% Excellent	Read 147 Write 135 Mixed 125 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.14 54% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 8x8GB 552 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	108% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 43.8 MC Mixed 42.4 121% 42.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 21.6 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 121%

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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	1,232x
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 $279Bench 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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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

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 $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) $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