Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.95% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	57 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '18 at 14:11
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 672 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 84F5) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	4.95% Terrible	Lighting 6.13 Reflection 6.54 Parallax 7.25 5% 6.64 fps	MRender 4.29 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 6.52 5% 5.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.95% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 54GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st 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 5108 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 636 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 56 188979085349 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5320939971 (F7) Unknown 100 100 166369100 (F8) Unknown 100 100 61392814 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3593 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	79.6% Very good	Read 482 Write 338 Mixed 337 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 23.6 94% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 46.1 88% 181 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 104%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 10226 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1371 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 770 (A9) Unknown 100 100 558 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 321 (AE) Unknown 100 100 608 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 41 176094314530 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2630 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 83867 (F1) Unknown 253 253 27694 (F2) Unknown 253 253 22014 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	66.2% Good	Read 511 Write 236 Mixed 319 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 19.6 74% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 47.3 74% 146 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7923 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1022 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 67 60 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 42 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2158089119	96.7% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 411 Mixed 422 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 39.4 137% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 84 92% 156 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 134%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 161 161 34385822009 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 52 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 183 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 201864708131 (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	90.8% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 149 Mixed 151 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.24 82% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 108%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 775GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 141 10691 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2835 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10292 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1361 (10) Unknown 13 187 238122562850 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2753 (C2) HDA temperature 111 104 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	76.7% Very good	Read 135 Write 132 Mixed 136 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.24 82% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 100%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 578GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 144 10775 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2736 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1323 (10) Unknown 4 196 73682529541 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2666 (C2) HDA temperature 112 106 40 (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	77.5% Very good	Read 161 Write 108 Mixed 112 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.31 109% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FA 8x8GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	111% Outstanding	MC Read 43.6 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 42.1 124% 43.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 23.1 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 127%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,232x
Core i7-5930KIntel $65Bench 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