Asus X99-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	48.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	17.6 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180420
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 03:50
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 176 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 540 48% 408 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.8% Average	Lighting 60.1 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 62.8 49% 62.1 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 58.2 Splatting 51.9 48% 60.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 439 Write 425 Mixed 323 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 32.2 103% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 228 172% 230 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 17GB free Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,180 Write 879 Mixed 473 186% 844 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 31.4 101% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 267 195% 254 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 136 142 146 142 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 130 Write 109 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 140 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 22GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 45 28 13 15 14 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Read 103 Write 35.2 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 26.5 65% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.7 144% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-4GRR F4-2400C15-8GRR F4-2400C15-4GRR F4-2400C15-8GRR F4-2400C15-4GRR F4-2400C15-8GRR F4-2400C15-4GRR F4-2400C15-8GRR 48GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 41 116% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 19.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

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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	1,232x
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 $195Bench 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