Asus X99-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


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 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.6% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '18 at 11:19
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	19%

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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 i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 850 83% 679 Pts	64-Core 1,005 62% 1,005 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 122 Parallax 103 88% 111 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 103 Splatting 108 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 50 40 32 28 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 91.2 Write 94.1 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 40.1 55% 74 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 85%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 686GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 143 143 143 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 126 Write 127 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 142 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 271GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 128 128 128 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 139 Write 136 Mixed 93 SusWrite 128 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 590GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 138 138 138 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 132 Write 129 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 138 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 181 179 184 185 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 191 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 183 106% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.5 146% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 3264 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 42.8 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 32.7 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 23.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 110%

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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	1,232x
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 $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
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: 68% - Good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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