Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	128% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '17 at 19:07
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 205 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 644 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 72.7 65% 78.2 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 66 58% 71.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 1,177 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 592GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 1,370 Write 587 Mixed 819 203% 925 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 27 113% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 41.1 DQ Write 85.3 DQ Mixed 28.3 31% 51.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 382%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 182 5816 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1977 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5814 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 833 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 324 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10594 (C2) HDA temperature 107 97 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.4% Good	Read 105 Write 130 Mixed 132 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 749GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 196 195 12776 (03) Spinup time 253 164 1116 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3744 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13547 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2499 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 553 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 87855 (C2) HDA temperature 107 96 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 65535 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 24371 (C8) Write error rate 200 187 15
Poor: 31% Great: 67%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 277GB free Firmware: SN06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 204494873 (03) Spinup time 99 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5868 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 223826163664 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 49 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3600 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 184686542970 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 51 42 48118562865 (C2) HDA temperature 49 58 55834574897 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 23 204494873 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 501	34.5% Below average	Read 58.1 Write 61.7 Mixed 58.4 45% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.38 101% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 60%
SanDisk Extreme Go USB 3.1 64GB-$23 2,139 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 55GB free, PID 558b Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 187 Write 80.8 Mixed 103 140% 124 MB/s	4K Read 5.59 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 1.03 98% 2.62 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAD1 4x4GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 35.6 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 20.3 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 101%

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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	1,228x
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	170x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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