Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '18 at 01:00
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 860 87% 705 Pts	64-Core 1073 66% 1073 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Lighting 87.7 Reflection 90 Parallax 80.9 71% 86.2 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 79.7 Splatting 69.6 62% 77.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 90GB free Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd 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 100 100 720 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2653 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 27 (A3) Unknown 100 100 344 (94) Unknown 100 100 108884 (95) Unknown 100 100 1553 (96) Unknown 100 100 1433 (97) Unknown 100 100 1534 (A4) Unknown 100 100 42490 (A5) Unknown 100 100 78 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 256 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 50767338471461 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 111795 (F2) Unknown 100 100 249738 (F5) Unknown 100 100 250956 (F6) Unknown 100 100 217768 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	75.4% Very good	Read 489 Write 252 Mixed 273 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 21.4 104% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 12.9 65% 148 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 91%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^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 14038 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5432 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 239 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3018 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 48 223339216934 (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 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 18366375571 (F7) Unknown 100 100 35569103 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1403997384	72.4% Very good	Read 522 Write 182 Mixed 251 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 20.1 129% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 43.2 40% 58.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 713GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11727 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6748 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 4037 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7747 (C2) HDA temperature 106 95 37 (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 200 196 18 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.3% Very good	Read 116 Write 150 Mixed 102 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 545GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 126 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9604 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6332 (C0) Power-off retract count 189 189 8422 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 121 121 239196 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 36 (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	77.9% Very good	Read 151 Write 120 Mixed 118 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.15 85% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 8,912 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	MC Read 53.9 MC Write 68.1 MC Mixed 53.7 167% 58.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 25.4 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 125%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	1,230x
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 $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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