Asus X99-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141016
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '18 at 20:39
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 192 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 610 59% 485 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	10.3% Very poor	Lighting 12.1 Reflection 12.9 Parallax 9.66 10% 11.6 fps	MRender 15.8 Gravity 11.1 Splatting 14.1 11% 13.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 958 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8959 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 955 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 942 (C2) HDA temperature 97 90 46 (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	83.7% Excellent	Read 158 Write 134 Mixed 124 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.27 103% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 109%
WD WD7501AAES-60Z2A0 750GB 1,250 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 321GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5325 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1783 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5253 (C2) HDA temperature 96 88 51 (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	61.1% Good	Read 112 Write 101 Mixed 98.2 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.37 108% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 71%
Seagate ST3320820AS_P 320GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 230GB free Firmware: 3.BQE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12625 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 481629242 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16129 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3567 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 40 808452144 (C2) HDA temperature 48 60 47244640304 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 56 21455652 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 252 1	38.8% Below average	Read 67.9 Write 67.3 Mixed 68.7 51% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.37 87% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 44%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB-$59 5,970 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 24GB free Firmware: GM3OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 152 (03) Spinup time 117 117 25791234377 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6441 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28459 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2905 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7081 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7081 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 219043790883 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	28.4% Poor	Read 48.1 Write 50.3 Mixed 49.2 37% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 46%

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 (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66% Good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 22.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66% 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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,235x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16