Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	225% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '16 at 06:14
Run Duration	309 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 215 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 653 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 839 52% 839 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.2% Poor	Lighting 30.4 Reflection 56.7 Parallax 36 25% 41 fps	MRender 66.3 Gravity 28.8 Splatting 45.5 38% 46.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5040 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 184 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 165 (AE) Unknown 99 99 9 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1723 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 42 51 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 84728 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45360 (F2) Unknown 99 99 6131	225% Outstanding	Read 1,981 Write 1,409 Mixed 1,647 373% 1,679 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 37.6 147% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 167 172% 280 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 241%
Seagate Constellation CS ISE 1TB 457 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 657GB free Firmware: CE02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 63 29328600 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1685 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43405333 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 828 (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 66 60 572063778 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1737 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 73014444066 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 181 Mixed 179 136% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.17 86% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
Kindle Internal Storage 1GB 304 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 0004 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	3.39% Terrible	Read 6.1 Write 6.87 Mixed 8.12 9% 7.03 MB/s	4K Read 0.05 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.26 20% 0.21 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.39% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 4x8GB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 21.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 118%

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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	1,228x
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	170x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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