Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.3% 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	170% 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160408
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	May 25 '17 at 14:26
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 679 71% 571 Pts	64-Core 861 53% 861 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2963) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.3% Below average	Lighting 43.3 Reflection 40.7 Parallax 36.3 35% 40.1 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 37.4 Splatting 33 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 362GB free Firmware: 01F0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 2,001 Write 977 Mixed 1,370 320% 1,449 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 46.9 196% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 39.8 DQ Write 395 DQ Mixed 197 158% 210 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 230%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,766 Write 711 Mixed 1,171 267% 1,216 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 30.4 165% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 46.8 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 86.7 92% 144 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 283%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 47GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^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 17829 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 523 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 52 206158430239 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 12319045042 (F7) Unknown 100 100 386608824 (F8) Unknown 100 100 129385419	93.7% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 420 Mixed 446 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 25.7 116% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 54.4 111% 224 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 100%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 300GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 0 (03) Spinup time 234 127 7283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1374 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 517 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1302 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 39 (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	58.5% Above average	Read 104 Write 99.3 Mixed 105 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 98%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 43GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 13340 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 78 45 6964 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5295 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35893 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 831 (B5) Unknown 100 100 5045389 (BF) G-sense error rate 83 83 180432 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 240519282715 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 9705 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 3 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7888	45.5% Average	Read 78.2 Write 80.3 Mixed 74.5 58% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.27 87% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 72%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 21GB free Firmware: MKAOA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 93 93 38 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 90 (03) Spinup time 197 197 25796936051 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5428 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 45411 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 754 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6612 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6612 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 304943923236 (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 0	46.5% Average	Read 89.4 Write 72.4 Mixed 56.1 54% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.37 103% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 87%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 0GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 205 205 25799819561 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1707 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 522 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2718 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2718 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 244814512163 (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 0	13% Very poor	Read 22.6 Write 22.6 Mixed 19.8 16% 21.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.18 43% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.7% Very good	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 24.9 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 20.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 164%

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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