Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	262% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '17 at 02:37
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 842 83% 680 Pts	64-Core 1031 64% 1031 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 151 Parallax 128 113% 139 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 917GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10754 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 308 (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 65 48 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 231662421	98.8% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 415 Mixed 428 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 32.7 152% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 43.5 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 124 106% 148 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 311GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15122 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 181 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 65 44 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 163 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23611231112	102% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 415 Mixed 426 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 35.1 163% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 43.4 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 123 106% 147 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,292 Write 1,264 Mixed 1,450 368% 1,669 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 57.1 248% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 457 DQ Write 385 DQ Mixed 34 131% 292 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 166GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23758 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 825 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 65 47 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 316 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8468949789	91.7% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 352 Mixed 358 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 27.9 148% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 46.2 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 88.8 83% 122 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 126%
WD Se 4TB-$177 2,519 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 143 10175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 932 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 385 (10) Unknown 6 194 113335872114 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 848 (C2) HDA temperature 109 103 43 (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	72.1% Very good	Read 125 Write 126 Mixed 124 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.25 122% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 878GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 108 98 7575 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 339 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9679 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 297 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 154 154 138244 (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	65.5% Good	Read 118 Write 110 Mixed 110 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.28 93% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 0830 2TB 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 77.7 120% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 43%

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 (97^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	MC Read 44.1 MC Write 55.1 MC Mixed 43.7 136% 47.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 22.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 115%

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Gaming 45%

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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	1,245x
Core i7-5930KIntel $599Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $504Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	175x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x

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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16