Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '18 at 12:09
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 94.3 2-Core 195 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 591 60% 487 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.6% Good	Lighting 74.9 Reflection 83.1 Parallax 68 61% 75.3 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 91.8 Splatting 96.4 78% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 314 238 217 55 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 414 Write 374 Mixed 313 SusWrite 173 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 32.5 122% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 181 173% 271 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 128GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,194 Write 3,672 Mixed 3,874 942% 4,247 MB/s	4K Read 561 4K Write 288 4K Mixed 357 1,460% 402 MB/s	DQ Read 1,005 DQ Write 705 DQ Mixed 782 604% 831 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 734GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 96 92 98 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 162 Write 158 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 96.2 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 108%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 64 64 61 67 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 71.3 Write 62.3 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 65 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 61%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 352GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 115 110 116 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 107 Write 179 Mixed 32 SusWrite 116 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 357% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GB-$84 1,914 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 32 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 24.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 20.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 108%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
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 $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