Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.2% 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	58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '17 at 14:13
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 79.5 1-Core 95 2-Core 150 65% 108 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 761 72% 598 Pts	64-Core 962 60% 962 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1316 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.2% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 105 Parallax 96.2 84% 101 fps	MRender 85.7 Gravity 90.4 Splatting 73 67% 83 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 480GB-$300 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 12322989 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -73839077750628 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 47 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 48 34362884119 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12322989 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12322989 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12322989 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4491 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5187 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5187 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4473	58.5% Above average	Read 482 Write 215 Mixed 224 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 14.1 4K Mixed 14.1 64% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 87.7 DQ Mixed 61.6 70% 125 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 66%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 779GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 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 168 163 6591 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3553 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 914 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25505 (C2) HDA temperature 123 99 27 (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	36% Below average	Read 66 Write 59.2 Mixed 66.3 48% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 67%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 601GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 177404992 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 317 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10024410 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 912 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 176 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 72 57 471007260 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1779 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 68719476764 (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 94107028423725 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5562825410 (F2) Unknown 100 253 180372780011	86.4% Excellent	Read 145 Write 155 Mixed 129 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.74 212% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FA 2x8GB 776 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.4% Good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 17.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 75%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,230x
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 $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