Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	145% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180420
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '18 at 20:22
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 219 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 719 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 903 56% 903 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 8667) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	145% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 213 Parallax 225 163% 213 fps	MRender 229 Gravity 201 Splatting 119 143% 183 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 67 56 57 58 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 208 Write 322 Mixed 210 SusWrite 84.4 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 28.6 99% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 106 97% 153 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 82%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 24GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 311 165 101 79 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 381 Write 399 Mixed 287 SusWrite 193 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 28.7 113% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 184 155% 219 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 107%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 183GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1343 309 309 308 308 308 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,500 Write 1,206 Mixed 636 SusWrite 481 212% 956 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 46 169% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 958 DQ Write 819 DQ Mixed 626 541% 801 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 236%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 13GB free Firmware: MU01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 409 Write 326 Mixed 298 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 29 117% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 96.5 115% 196 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 97%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 978GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 119 121 121 123 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 84.5 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 121 66% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FA 2x8GB 776 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.5% Good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 22.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.6 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 75%

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

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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 $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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16