Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	129% 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	206% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '18 at 14:05
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 869 88% 715 Pts	64-Core 1,084 67% 1,084 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 197 Parallax 189 148% 189 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 177 Splatting 120 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 588GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2912 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 238 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 55 52 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10332169547	114% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 501 Mixed 510 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 35.4 158% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 202 189% 293 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 130%
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,957 Write 874 Mixed 999 280% 1,277 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 49.5 196% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 411 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 158 163% 271 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 247%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$88 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 825GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 128 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2088 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2008 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 601 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1486 (C2) HDA temperature 102 99 41 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 136 Mixed 135 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.28 102% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 87%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 586GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 109 103 7508 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11148 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 921 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 39917 (C2) HDA temperature 106 95 41 (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	49.9% Average	Read 95.9 Write 78 Mixed 79.5 64% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.39 93% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 51%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 532GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 108063234 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 193 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 2837384 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 37301790967384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (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 63 56 622329893 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 196 (C2) HDA temperature 37 44 60129542181 (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 37714107828064 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1148137040 (F2) Unknown 100 253 668914057 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	51.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 76.2 Mixed 60.6 59% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.5 133% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 70%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 32GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21493842210 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 575 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 575 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 631 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 631 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 201864445995 (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 0	70.8% Very good	Read 123 Write 124 Mixed 125 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 108%

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 DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2597 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 52.1 MC Mixed 40.6 128% 44.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 99%

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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	1,239x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	174x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16