Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140915
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '17 at 02:54
Run Duration	306 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 103 2-Core 201 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 608 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.68 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	58.7% Above average	Lighting 74.1 Reflection 77.4 Parallax 69.6 60% 73.7 fps	MRender 75.8 Gravity 67.9 Splatting 61.7 55% 68.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 28223 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 125 (B1) Unknown 99 99 55 (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 53 42 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 52937581662	105% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 430 Mixed 490 107% 480 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 44 146% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 134 139% 228 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 436GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 135 11566 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1426 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1410 (C2) HDA temperature 101 88 51 (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	69.9% Good	Read 134 Write 109 Mixed 118 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.41 122% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 93%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 94GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 220 214 8983 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14730 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 26 26 54295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14701 (C2) HDA temperature 107 82 43 (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	38% Below average	Read 78 Write 54.2 Mixed 63.7 49% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.36 94% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 37GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10112 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40646 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 210 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10020 (C2) HDA temperature 106 84 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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.3% Average	Read 77.7 Write 73.1 Mixed 78.8 58% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.28 84% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 76%
SMI USB DISK 64GB 825 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 51GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	6.14% Terrible	Read 24.3 Write 5.61 Mixed 7.05 12% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.87 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.001 22% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.14% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 32GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 39.4 115% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 20.3 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

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 $109Bench 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: 66% - Good

Total price: $763

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 $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 $40	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