Asus X99-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141016
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 18:31
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 91 2-Core 190 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 772 68% 579 Pts	64-Core 1,038 64% 1,038 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 1370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 80.7 Reflection 83.4 Parallax 80.9 66% 81.7 fps	MRender 79.8 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 67.3 59% 73.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
OCZ REVODRIVE350 240GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.50 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 49379760 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -42013370082058 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1450 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 60 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 46 64427524131 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 49379760 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 49379760 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 49379760 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14443 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6394 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6394 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19463
Poor: 57% Great: 105%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 100GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 150 145 11475 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2146 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7376 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1429 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2106 (C2) HDA temperature 122 110 30 (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	74.5% Very good	Read 146 Write 114 Mixed 114 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.19 85% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 98%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 41.8 Write 38.1 Mixed 14.1 37% 31.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.46 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.08 33% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 59%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,127 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 18GB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 34.4 Write 36.6 Mixed 6.82 31% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.21 22% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GB-$84 1,914 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 23.9 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 19.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 108%

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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	1,229x
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 $92Bench 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 $179	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