Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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	6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141016
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '18 at 11:13
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 237 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 766 74% 610 Pts	64-Core 974 60% 974 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 141 Parallax 130 108% 135 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3666 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 145 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (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 68 61 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13386832943	112% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 404 Mixed 411 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 45.8 174% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 116 141% 249 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 56GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12057 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1021 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80853840 (AE) Unknown 100 100 78 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 45 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3359 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9525 (F9) Unknown 100 100 183795066	97.1% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 414 Mixed 431 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 29.1 133% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 74.9 119% 226 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 101%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 51GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6939 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 369 (B1) Unknown 96 96 20 (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 74 57 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9946318620	88.2% Excellent	Read 486 Write 270 Mixed 274 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 31 137% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 67.7 99% 190 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 123%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 493GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 212 175 6358 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3748 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12853 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1263 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 167 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 128 128 217377 (C2) HDA temperature 123 118 29 (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	71.7% Very good	Read 119 Write 131 Mixed 108 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.28 94% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSA.16FAR BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FA 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 24 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 22.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 74%

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Gaming 45%

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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	1,228x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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