Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.3% 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	66.6% 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141016
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '18 at 22:31
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 768 71% 592 Pts	64-Core 935 58% 935 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.4% 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: 391.35 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 103 Parallax 94.5 82% 99.6 fps	MRender 86.2 Gravity 91 Splatting 81.2 70% 86.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 480GB-$300 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 115 103667815 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 63960652974933 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 527 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 81 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 34362884124 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 103667815 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 103667815 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 103667815 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6016 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6863 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6863 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6663	66.6% Good	Read 520 Write 229 Mixed 286 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 17.7 82% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 93.1 DQ Mixed 62.2 73% 130 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 66%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 876GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 163 6575 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4013 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1065 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28185 (C2) HDA temperature 120 99 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	64.2% Good	Read 117 Write 107 Mixed 76.5 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.17 77% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 67%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 464GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 12082008 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 627 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20436218 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 337 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 605880354 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3308 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 68719476770 (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 -106266080835751 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7274429753 (F2) Unknown 100 253 515558364411	70.2% Very good	Read 91 Write 153 Mixed 105 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.81 215% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.2% 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 (30^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.9% Good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 19.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.9% 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	1,231x
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 $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

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