Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.1% 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	110% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '18 at 07:30
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 100 2-Core 205 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 662 64% 526 Pts	64-Core 854 53% 854 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 102 Parallax 96.9 82% 99.8 fps	MRender 88.5 Gravity 94 Splatting 87.8 74% 90.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 445 455 434 434 433 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 445 Mixed 369 SusWrite 436 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 45.6 159% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 856GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 182 182 184 180 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 144 Mixed 111 SusWrite 182 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.3 244% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%
Monster MONSTER DIGITAL 32GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 24GB free, PID 4250 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.7 4.2 5.5 5.1 4.9 5.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	8.95% Terrible	Read 25.7 Write 12.8 Mixed 11.8 SusWrite 5.3 16% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.5 102% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.95% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 22.9 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 21.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 104%

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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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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	1,232x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16