Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	19.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	6.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141016
Uptime	8.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '17 at 11:12
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 779 76% 622 Pts	64-Core 930 58% 930 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.3% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 72.3 62% 76.5 fps	MRender 76.3 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 63.9 57% 70 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung PM800 Series 2.5" 256GB 1,200 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: VBM25D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29657 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2925 (AF) Unknown 98 98 2 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 79 79 1221 (B2) Unknown 73 73 33 (B3) Unknown 94 94 448 (B4) Unknown 94 94 7488 (B5) Unknown 99 99 2 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 73 73 91 (E9) Unknown 46 46 2308575508	19.9% Very poor	Read 205 Write 48.6 Mixed 147 29% 134 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 3.97 4K Mixed 2.01 32% 8.01 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 34%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 27GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 177 5750 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5898 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10333 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1462 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 105871 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	42.9% Average	Read 77.8 Write 71.3 Mixed 70.2 55% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 48GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 122905008 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7786 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 17204095152 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13171 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2148 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 236226805816 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 639172644 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 257 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65279 (C2) HDA temperature 36 49 42949672996 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 4422 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 104599633531345 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -5216582481580 (F2) Unknown 100 253 79184048829743	81.2% Excellent	Read 147 Write 136 Mixed 146 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.3 84% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 3x4GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3 of 8 slots used 12GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 28.2 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 20.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

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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	1,232x
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 $279Bench 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	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: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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