Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.3% 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	191% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141016
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '17 at 03:49
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 827 82% 670 Pts	64-Core 1009 62% 1009 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1543 MHz, MLim: 1804 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 119 Parallax 106 90% 112 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 93.7 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 662 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 7.5TB free Firmware: 0511 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 183 Write 160 Mixed 119 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.53 4K Write 12.6 4K Mixed 0.82 10% 4.99 MB/s	DQ Read 5.16 DQ Write 11.1 DQ Mixed 0.85 3% 5.72 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 18%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 708GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 947 Write 945 Mixed 889 207% 927 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 251 4K Mixed 60.3 282% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 46.7 DQ Write 428 DQ Mixed 173 153% 216 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 445%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 8x4GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 47.7 MC Write 48.6 MC Mixed 47.4 137% 47.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 23.9 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 132%

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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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Typical X99-A Builds (Compare 1,979 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,229x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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 $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 $179	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) $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