Asus X99-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	217% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160818
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '18 at 15:48
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 96 2-Core 189 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 656 58% 492 Pts	64-Core 1,047 65% 1,047 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 4000 8,609 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 0780) 2GB CLim: 475 MHz, MLim: 702 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 369.49 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 923 858 709 497 497 607 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,035 Write 930 Mixed 664 SusWrite 682 186% 827 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 283 4K Mixed 52 279% 125 MB/s	DQ Read 1,418 DQ Write 926 DQ Mixed 1008 796% 1,118 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 230%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 505CUA SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 170 140 156 170 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 378 Write 282 Mixed 290 SusWrite 164 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 36.1 130% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 166 153% 236 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 187GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 116 Mixed 67.5 70% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 108%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 287GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 93.8 Mixed 19.2 42% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 75%
IS917 innostor 8GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 7GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 40.8 Write 18.5 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 18.8 30% 24.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.3 102% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 26%
ASMT 2105 500GB 584 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 426GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 26 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 26 35% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 171%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FAR 4x8GB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 24.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 21.2 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 125%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,228x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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