Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.2% 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	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	13.2 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 15:19
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 75.4 1-Core 87.7 2-Core 217 70% 127 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 743 76% 614 Pts	64-Core 960 59% 960 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.8% 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 (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.2% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 105 Parallax 95.7 84% 101 fps	MRender 85.7 Gravity 90.6 Splatting 82.2 70% 86.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 480GB-$300 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 9482109 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -43413529425763 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 49 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 48 34362884121 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9482109 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9482109 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9482109 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4504 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5198 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5198 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4490	62.3% Good	Read 509 Write 235 Mixed 250 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 17.3 4K Mixed 14.8 69% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 89.1 DQ Mixed 62 72% 128 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 66%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 779GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^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 3555 (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 100 100 916 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25514 (C2) HDA temperature 121 99 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	36.7% Below average	Read 68.6 Write 59.1 Mixed 64.4 48% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.15 66% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 67%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 601GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 190329832 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 319 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10061376 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (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 71 57 505217053 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1786 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 68719476765 (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 133496173495351 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5572767770 (F2) Unknown 100 253 180380047020	76.5% Very good	Read 110 Write 156 Mixed 118 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.8 220% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.5% 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	65.5% Good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 89.5 45% 89.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 75%

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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	1,241x
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	175x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $254Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	48x

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: 68% - Good

Total price: $744

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16