Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	32.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	243% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '17 at 22:48
Run Duration	2166 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	28%

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 i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 82.5 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 219 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 831 83% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,007 62% 1,007 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1646 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.3% Below average	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 122 Parallax 108 7% 79.6 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 102 Splatting 96.6 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 320GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11176 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2534 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 62 51 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2391 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12646353471	109% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 487 Mixed 487 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 41.5 142% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 131 150% 258 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 116GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 30932 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2965 (B1) Unknown 88 88 135 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 44 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2746 (F1) Unknown 99 99 62155908312	82.1% Excellent	Read 496 Write 340 Mixed 351 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 23.3 108% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 73.5 92% 165 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 118%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,523 Write 1,191 Mixed 1,442 378% 1,719 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 43.6 190% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 90.8 117% 214 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 236%
Adata SE720 128GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 54GB free Firmware: 5438 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2955046 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -124837519420353 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3891 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1191 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 64 68723671092 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2955046 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2955046 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2955046 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1438 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1644 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1644 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1462	40.5% Average	Read 387 Write 154 Mixed 214 55% 252 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 22.8 4K Mixed 10.1 49% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 19.5 DQ Write 23.8 DQ Mixed 10.3 11% 17.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 46%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 46GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33260 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3072 (B1) Unknown 95 95 54 (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 64 50 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2808 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19761137454	82.4% Excellent	Read 489 Write 340 Mixed 344 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 22.5 108% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 63.6 92% 172 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 108%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 17GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 12GB free Firmware: 1.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 492 Mixed 504 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 33.9 109% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 147 160% 269 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 99%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 785GB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 536 (03) Spinup time 133 118 6341 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5645 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 53099 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3305 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2932 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1665936 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.6% Above average	Read 113 Write 95.1 Mixed 87.8 74% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 780GB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 51 (03) Spinup time 134 125 6291 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7555 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 21 21 58252 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4067 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3616 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1616596 (C2) HDA temperature 112 97 35 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.2% Above average	Read 114 Write 88.9 Mixed 82 71% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.17 65% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 59%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$85 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 332GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 185 171 5708 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2945 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19023 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2716 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2496 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 629 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 33 (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	47.6% Average	Read 74.4 Write 91.8 Mixed 77.5 61% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.16 50% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 85%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 289GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4634 (03) Spinup time 177 173 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6003 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2823 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2568 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3442 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 31 (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	40.8% Average	Read 71.8 Write 70 Mixed 70.5 53% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.18 78% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GB 1,605 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 41.3 121% 42.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 16.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%

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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	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16