Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 19:14
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 874 79% 665 Pts	64-Core 1,178 73% 1,178 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2981) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1412 MHz, MLim: 1762 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 82 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 72.9 67% 78.5 fps	MRender 78.5 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 64.2 58% 71.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 97 97 14148 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 38 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 68 62 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18410211577	115% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 402 Mixed 414 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 49.7 182% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 126 143% 247 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 102GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14144 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 38 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 69 58 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8975499528	117% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 412 Mixed 420 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 50.6 185% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 129 147% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 1,481 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 51.7 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 45.3 134% 47 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 22.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 136%

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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	1,232x
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 $250Bench 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	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: 68% - Good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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