Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	149% 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	77.3% 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.

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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '18 at 21:42
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 866 81% 676 Pts	64-Core 1,067 66% 1,067 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.6% 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 (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	149% Outstanding	Lighting 205 Reflection 215 Parallax 209 167% 209 fps	MRender 230 Gravity 201 Splatting 135 149% 189 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 62 58 57 56 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 454 Write 345 Mixed 320 SusWrite 84 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 36.7 135% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 111 129% 222 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 82%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 24GB free Firmware: MU02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 406 Write 439 Mixed 321 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 35.6 135% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 180 154% 220 MB/s
Poor: 61% 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: 1358 308 306 306 308 308 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,622 Write 1,511 Mixed 579 SusWrite 482 233% 1,048 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 59.8 220% 86.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1048 DQ Write 1,000 DQ Mixed 672 601% 907 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 207% 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 418 Write 329 Mixed 304 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 39.2 136% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 148 139% 211 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: 118 121 123 122 123 122 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	61% Good	Read 91 Write 87 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 121 67% 91 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61% 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 as expected (48^th percentile)	69.5% Good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 21.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 75%

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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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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 $254	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