Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.2% 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	215% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150930
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '16 at 22:29
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 875 87% 709 Pts	64-Core 1072 66% 1072 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.2% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 101 Parallax 93.3 80% 97.3 fps	MRender 86.2 Gravity 87.5 Splatting 82.8 70% 85.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,891 Write 842 Mixed 1,253 293% 1,329 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 195 4K Mixed 50.5 224% 94.1 MB/s	DQ Read 534 DQ Write 403 DQ Mixed 174 210% 370 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 230%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 160GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8201 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2255 (B1) Unknown 98 98 72 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 61 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 843 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15681925808	100% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 446 Mixed 480 107% 480 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 26.1 135% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 76.9 117% 218 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 116%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 25 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8375 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4656 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17389 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2598 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 371 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4284 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 36 (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	88% Excellent	Read 174 Write 133 Mixed 134 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.38 124% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41687954 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11353 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 87967423 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25988 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4553 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032837 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 605945886 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 16 41687954 (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 3496103415013 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1643176798 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1249785214	66.8% Good	Read 121 Write 112 Mixed 117 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.61 130% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 458GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125767017 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11076 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 88751065 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26368 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4546 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065668 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 605945886 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 60129542174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 15 125767017 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -65115999138914 (F1) Unknown 100 253 755222340 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1463455500	64.9% Good	Read 128 Write 98.4 Mixed 117 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.64 135% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB 298 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 38.9 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 22.8 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%

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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	1,230x
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 $274Bench 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 $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 $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