Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% 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	87.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '17 at 07:16
Run Duration	435 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 197 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 602 60% 490 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 208 Parallax 185 138% 188 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 187 Splatting 129 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 140GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^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 17919 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 691 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 23 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 49 219044315169 (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 6478565577 (F7) Unknown 100 100 202675503 (F8) Unknown 100 100 85467387	74.1% Very good	Read 519 Write 332 Mixed 391 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 17.7 103% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 94.6 DQ Mixed 43.2 38% 55.1 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 97%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 99GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^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 7999 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 51 210454315036 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5307957750 (F7) Unknown 100 100 165914443 (F8) Unknown 100 100 104207289 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3561 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	71.6% Very good	Read 483 Write 337 Mixed 337 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 20.8 90% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 42.2 50% 81.3 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 104%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^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 17949 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 350 (AE) Unknown 100 100 89 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 50 214749347875 (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 89 89 11 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 91415714551 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2880648503 (F8) Unknown 100 100 235323110	87.1% Excellent	Read 506 Write 475 Mixed 455 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 20.7 108% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 17.4 48% 95.9 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 582GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14888 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17848 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 687 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14816 (C2) HDA temperature 114 98 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	88.3% Excellent	Read 168 Write 140 Mixed 136 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.25 116% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 109%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 342GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 42.8 Write 39.7 Mixed 31 47% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.26 77% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 43%
Staples 4GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 4GB free, PID 5573 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	8.93% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 3.25 Mixed 5.19 9% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.36 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 1.22 103% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.93% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67% Good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 120%

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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