Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.3% 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	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	13.7 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	Mar 31 '18 at 09:08
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 199 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 640 63% 517 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83% 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 (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 103 Parallax 94.4 81% 98.9 fps	MRender 84.8 Gravity 89.7 Splatting 82.1 70% 85.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 480GB-$300 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 228GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 73062590 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 88785563945815 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 532 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 85 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 34362884125 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 73062590 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 73062590 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 73062590 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6035 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6878 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6878 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6721	59% Above average	Read 493 Write 183 Mixed 278 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 14.2 71% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 89.6 DQ Mixed 57.6 70% 127 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59% 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 (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 163 5933 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4018 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6322 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1070 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28235 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 33 (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	63.1% Good	Read 113 Write 106 Mixed 76.5 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.16 79% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 67%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 499GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 92254472 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 632 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20536549 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 342 (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 65 53 589365283 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3324 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 68719476771 (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 85040352462698 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7286972149 (F2) Unknown 100 253 515572074178	84.5% Excellent	Read 128 Write 165 Mixed 110 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.48 178% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.5% 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 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 24.1 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 21 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.2% 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	1,232x
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 $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
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 $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