Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.2% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	16.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 13:59
Run Duration	346 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 702 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 879 54% 879 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 84 Parallax 76.1 65% 80 fps	MRender 79.5 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 68.3 60% 74 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16315 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1731 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 70 70 901 (AE) Unknown 100 100 250 (B5) Unknown 100 100 36610345344683 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 80 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 70 70 30 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	45.2% Average	Read 473 Write 48 Mixed 108 45% 210 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 3.67 76% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 85.1 DQ Mixed 2.55 18% 38.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 72%
Hitachi HDS724020ALE640 2TB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 176GB free Firmware: MJ6OA5K0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 85 (03) Spinup time 130 130 38686163424 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2411 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 14215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 14215 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 240519151661 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	63.5% Good	Read 117 Write 104 Mixed 120 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.21 90% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 87%
Generic Flash Disk 1GB 2,763 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	4.7% Terrible	Read 16 Write 4.5 Mixed 6.96 10% 9.14 MB/s	4K Read 5.56 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 23% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.7% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 8x4GB 556 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 2801 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 44.6 MC Write 44.3 MC Mixed 47.6 130% 45.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 22.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 131%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,230x
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 $92Bench 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 $178	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