Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.2% 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	98.3% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151126
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 18:33
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 78.7 1-Core 98.8 2-Core 206 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 708 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 926 57% 926 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3177) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.2% Average	Lighting 68.8 Reflection 45.1 Parallax 60.5 56% 58.1 fps	MRender 56.1 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 43 36% 44.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12328 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 769 (B1) Unknown 94 94 124 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 44 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38701372526	98.3% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 403 Mixed 415 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 38.1 132% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 104 128% 226 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 124%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 7GB free Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4245079 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 40080634823033 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1126 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 1 (AE) Unknown 0 0 243 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 43 17182687266 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 17182687266 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4245079 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4245079 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4245079 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10365 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9354 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9354 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3510	63.7% Good	Read 469 Write 164 Mixed 231 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 19 90% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 55 76% 137 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 446GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101421168 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10558 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 4302962962 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15919 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1668 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 13540327463 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 573 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 71648 (C2) HDA temperature 39 51 -140737488355289 (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 11948599019333 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9436652424 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15787666903	62.3% Good	Read 119 Write 98.5 Mixed 79.8 74% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.24 68% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 114%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 194GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 181 5608 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2203 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8154 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 481 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16811 (C2) HDA temperature 109 106 41 (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	53.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 86.1 Mixed 80.5 67% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.06 20% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 137GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 179325647 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3506 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 8613699874 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -33638183858552 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 80 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 60 621871140 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 978 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8307 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 60129542180 (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 115345641702887 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10203180842 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19079952690	65.7% Good	Read 138 Write 91.2 Mixed 85.4 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.13 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.15 31% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 105%
Lacie Rugged THB USB3 1TB 422 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 34GB free Firmware: 1153 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 99.5 Mixed 103 75% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.37 76% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.6% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 21.3 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 83.1 48% 83.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

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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 $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