Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	5.23% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (37%). 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	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 09:27
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	37%

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 i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 227 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 822 82% 670 Pts	64-Core 1,052 65% 1,052 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GS 352 User benchmarks, average bench 5% XFX(1682 2335) 384MB Ram: 384MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	5.23% Terrible	Lighting 6.93 Reflection 7.65 Parallax 2.38 6% 5.65 fps	MRender 6.33 Gravity 5.37 Splatting 4.78 4% 5.49 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.23% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 153 156 151 157 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 328 Write 202 Mixed 227 SusWrite 155 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 29.2 116% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 186 144% 197 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 275GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 124 122 120 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 126 Write 119 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 120 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 8 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 38 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 29.2 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 57%

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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	1,230x
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 $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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