Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.12% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	178% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '16 at 17:31
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

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 @ 2.10GHz 88 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Memory 75.6 1-Core 48.1 2-Core 93.1 47% 72.3 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 372 33% 281 Pts	64-Core 912 56% 912 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 2000 15,855 User benchmarks, average bench 6% HP(103C 084A) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	6.12% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 8.54 Parallax 6.22 6% 7.25 fps	MRender 9.29 Gravity 7.87 Splatting 8.3 7% 8.49 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.12% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,865 Write 1,086 Mixed 1,383 320% 1,445 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 23.5 118% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 35 DQ Write 71.1 DQ Mixed 22.3 26% 42.8 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 247%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 3096896 (03) Spinup time 93 70 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4696 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31899335 (09) Power-on hours count 23 23 68245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 590 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 105 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 488177693 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4839 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 77309411357 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 3 3096896 (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 50410031186512 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3499050650 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2515846461	113% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 180 Mixed 153 136% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.4 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106286824 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6426 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 4319390279 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3684 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 13373014045 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 595 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 36808 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 -140737488355299 (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 -99286758979680 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -53072223317647 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -32795099973981	102% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 181 Mixed 132 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.4 121% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 921GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 132 6175 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9944 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22810 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 568 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 199510 (C2) HDA temperature 118 93 29 (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	63.1% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 94.9 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.14 60% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 57%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 921GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 114 108 7283 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5837 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2800 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 44375 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 29 (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	62.7% Good	Read 113 Write 106 Mixed 99.1 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 69%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 479 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 922GB free, PID a108 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 105 135% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.21 65% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR 4x8GB 418 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 46.9 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 40 115% 40.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 13 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 114%

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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	1,228x
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 $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	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 $184	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) $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