Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.6% 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	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '16 at 22:27
Run Duration	293 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel @ 2.40GHz 172 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 83.3 2-Core 163 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 645 57% 484 Pts	64-Core 1,322 82% 1,322 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 111 92% 114 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 99.2 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 248GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1683 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 661 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13566126 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 524 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 127 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 67 287764185119 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 210454315057 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 671 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3592 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3134 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2438 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	56.7% Above average	Read 487 Write 339 Mixed 320 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 9.66 54% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 17.2 DQ Write 19.1 DQ Mixed 7.3 8% 14.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 108%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 39GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4798112 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 96894462204206 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2562 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 459 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4798112 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4798112 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4798112 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7834 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8288 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8288 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13472	59.6% Above average	Read 489 Write 247 Mixed 342 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 11.4 58% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 59.5 78% 137 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 91%
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 34GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3889857 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 90821378445068 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1742 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1215 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 54 77312950308 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3889857 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3889857 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3889857 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2330 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2452 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2452 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1580	55.3% Above average	Read 495 Write 264 Mixed 338 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 11.8 61% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 21.6 DQ Write 41 DQ Mixed 9.43 13% 24 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 90%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 902GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 177 5891 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3035 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5119 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1926 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1400 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25506 (C2) HDA temperature 121 106 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	69% Good	Read 124 Write 116 Mixed 120 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.16 82% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 83%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 747GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 173 7975 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2672 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1553 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25868 (C2) HDA temperature 123 107 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	50.6% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 79.2 Mixed 86.7 66% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.2 96% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 310GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 235 230 8216 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7648 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10586 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4414 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2611 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7645 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 34 (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 51 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.7% Average	Read 89.9 Write 82.9 Mixed 83.4 64% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.29 94% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 113GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 192344824 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4666 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7156667 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2529 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 85900656660 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 45 689438752 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 367 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30723 (C2) HDA temperature 32 55 73014444064 (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 113786568575555 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51412809447015 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31927844064633
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 38GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 129 126 6541 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5840 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9648 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3842 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 751 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 151 151 148394 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 32 (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	57% Above average	Read 104 Write 94.1 Mixed 91 72% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.17 82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 4x8GB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM 2133 MHz clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 53.5 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 42.6 130% 45.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 16.7 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 118%

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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 $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 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