Asus X99-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	256% 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	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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '18 at 21:37
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 875 86% 705 Pts	64-Core 1,085 67% 1,085 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,715 Write 1,197 Mixed 1,345 384% 1,752 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 46.5 190% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 437 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 152 173% 298 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 236%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 52GB free Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4160 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1903 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 391 (B1) Unknown 0 0 15 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 100 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 34486 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103 (E7) Temperature 99 100 43 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6723 (EA) Unknown 0 0 89 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14059 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23938	81.4% Excellent	Read 425 Write 276 Mixed 331 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 30.3 117% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 64.2 104% 199 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 6TB 2,132 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 294 Write 216 Mixed 184 173% 231 MB/s	4K Read 1.79 4K Write 3.73 4K Mixed 0.35 183% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 293%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 335GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 166 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7840 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24719 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3682 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1036 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 307279 (C2) HDA temperature 119 104 28 (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	86.5% Excellent	Read 157 Write 144 Mixed 119 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.18 88% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 40GB free Firmware: KC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 4000 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10683 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 52131339 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4490 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 88 244 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 571539490 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 30064771106 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 22 4000 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -27792733354100 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2370788248 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3828754414	52.6% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 90.3 Mixed 90.1 69% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.72 117% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 1,126 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 35.4 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 21.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

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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	1,230x
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	84x
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