Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	144% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	58.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 16:25
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 947 84% 712 Pts	64-Core 1,254 78% 1,254 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 159 81% 116 fps	MRender 88.1 Gravity 108 Splatting 128 91% 108 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 281GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15520 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 126 (B1) Unknown 99 99 38 (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 66 56 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11598965081	51.5% Above average	Read 526 Write 256 Mixed 328 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 1.16 56% 12.6 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 124%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 450GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 134% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1,441 Write 547 Mixed 793 203% 927 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 23 123% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 419 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 157 176% 300 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 149%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 79 (03) Spinup time 155 155 38690226634 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 475 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19433 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 102 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1212 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 201864642598 (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 200 200 154
Poor: 47% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FDD1 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FDD1 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FDD1 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FDD1 64GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	116% Outstanding	MC Read 49.8 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 42.6 129% 45.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 21.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 111% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 116%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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 $94Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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