Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140915
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 04:27
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 87 2-Core 212 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 639 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 842 52% 842 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 114 89% 112 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 103 Splatting 83.1 76% 94.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 110 90 107 85 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 438 Write 218 Mixed 278 SusWrite 104 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 33.7 111% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 218 170% 241 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 109%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 987GB free Firmware: 01.01D01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 123 124 125 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 137 Write 126 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 123 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 30GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 83 100 107 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 88 Mixed 53 SusWrite 89.6 60% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 8GB 4,031 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 6GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.6 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	7.97% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 14.5 Mixed 15.8 SusWrite 3.7 17% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 2.6 137% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.97% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$92 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 39.6 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 20 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

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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 $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	84x
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 $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