Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	129% 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	55 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151126
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 29 '16 at 07:44
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 85.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 234 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 779 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 977 60% 977 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 2652) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Lighting 11.7 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 12.9 10% 11.7 fps	MRender 15.1 Gravity 10.7 Splatting 14.8 11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB 1,434 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: UXM6601Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 689 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 517 (B1) Unknown 95 95 177 (B2) Unknown 92 92 205 (B3) Unknown 92 92 374 (B4) Unknown 92 92 4874 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0	129% Outstanding	Read 940 Write 766 Mixed 818 187% 841 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 30.4 98% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 18.4 90% 208 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 160%
Seagate ST3300622AS 300GB-$130 728 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 234GB free Firmware: 3.AAH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 84 187578186 (03) Spinup time 88 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 71 71 30548 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 50 2783755281968 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22371 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5022 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 40 622264357 (C2) HDA temperature 37 60 64424509477 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 46 179025202 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	36.8% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 63.5 Mixed 61.8 48% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.36 85% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 37%
Hitachi HDT721064SLA360 640GB-$135 3,861 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 311GB free Firmware: STDOA3AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 122 (03) Spinup time 147 147 30084432147 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9374 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3159 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9506 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9506 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 231929413671 (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	53.2% Above average	Read 94.4 Write 90.9 Mixed 98.1 71% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.41 107% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 118GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74589398 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5570 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 430335328 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11658 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2779 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 60131704874 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 588578851 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 60129542179 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 23 74589398 (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 -18176301578380 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1719339024 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3600755351	41.1% Average	Read 78.7 Write 64.3 Mixed 71.3 54% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.43 96% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 8x8GB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 41.3 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 175%

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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