Asus X99-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	46.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 11:33
Run Duration	549 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 188 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 596 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 59GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5719 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 494 (B1) Unknown 98 98 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 299 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4481639693
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 11880 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 974 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7945913502919 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 53 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 29 (AE) Unknown 100 100 780 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 35 279172874286 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4681541551170 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6919 (EA) Unknown 100 100 34580 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13652 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15950 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	46.3% Average	Read 507 Write 62.7 Mixed 182 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 0.88 63% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 49.4 DQ Mixed 5.22 33% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 86%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7.5TB free Firmware: D781 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 170 Write 139 Mixed 109 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 6.97 4K Write 5.58 4K Mixed 0.65 466% 4.4 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 92%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143048872 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4663 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9574654 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 655 (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 67 55 606076961 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30948 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 68719476769 (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 -60335700571138 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13056667071 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28504061624	86.9% Excellent	Read 147 Write 156 Mixed 138 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 96%
Asmt ASM1352R-PM 500GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 465GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 108 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.65 198% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 63%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 379GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123715264 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5744 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16223826 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 322 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 55 690356262 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41720 (C2) HDA temperature 38 45 64424509478 (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 -23407571759009 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23334132795 (F2) Unknown 100 253 101219594410	66.4% Good	Read 125 Write 106 Mixed 100 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.16 58% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FAD 4x8GB 296 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 43.5 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 43.7 124% 43.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 20.6 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 121%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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