Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	120% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	9.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 17:09
Run Duration	502 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 630 61% 501 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.3% Average	Lighting 60.9 Reflection 65.8 Parallax 59.4 50% 62.1 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 60 Splatting 51.7 49% 60.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 1,472 Write 371 Mixed 467 166% 770 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 16.9 93% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 44.4 91% 186 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 155%
Plextor M6e PCIe 256GB-$50 744 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 16GB free Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 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 24322 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 217 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2005439 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3316301 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16126821	80.4% Excellent	Read 389 Write 304 Mixed 338 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 33.6 116% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 97.2 110% 189 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 131%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4TB free Firmware: AR15 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 117 99 142012656 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1333 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 5083131940 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17829 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 124555952158 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 639369248 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1548 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12897 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 55834574880 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 142012656 (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 -67439576467050 (F1) Unknown 100 253 71549196516 (F2) Unknown 100 253 141371641080
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164726088 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3158 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 8656809736 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36517 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164173 (BD) vendor-specific 72 72 28 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 52077854749 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 94034 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 -140737488355299 (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 121040768359179 (F1) Unknown 100 253 91963935818 (F2) Unknown 100 253 144381422620	71% Very good	Read 116 Write 132 Mixed 134 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.14 46% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 96%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 708GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 4325 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3061 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38074 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 384 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 267 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2793 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 30 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62.1% Good	Read 108 Write 108 Mixed 97.1 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.27 102% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 129GB free Firmware: CC43 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 118 98 189861920 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2775 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 142366341 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 209 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 120 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 83 83 17 (BE) vendor-specific 73 63 521207835 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 242615 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 34359738395 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -40797894331189 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47704865355 (F2) Unknown 100 253 187559117298	68.1% Good	Read 123 Write 115 Mixed 81.5 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.13 55% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 114%
Mass Storage Device 750GB 820 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 86GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 18.4 Mixed 16.4 27% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.19 79% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 20%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 15,750 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	5.35% Terrible	Read 24.6 Write 4.36 Mixed 5.4 11% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.48 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.003 13% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.35% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 41.8 118% 41.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 21.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%

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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	1,242x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	175x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x

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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16