Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.1% 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 (80%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '18 at 19:28
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	80%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 682 66% 546 Pts	64-Core 922 57% 922 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 68.8 62% 75.1 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 68.4 Splatting 76.9 60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 213 88 85 79 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 362 Write 385 Mixed 250 SusWrite 152 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 27.9 99% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 180 154% 219 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 107%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 29GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 65 51 52 52 52 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 447 Write 352 Mixed 368 SusWrite 84.7 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 37 130% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 240 199% 284 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 135GB free Firmware: 3.AFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 62 63 62 62 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 52.7 Mixed 39 SusWrite 61.9 40% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 43%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 103 98 81 77 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 16.7 Write 1.7 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 89.4 28% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2 382% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR1 4x4GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 34.5 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 102%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

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	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 $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $97Bench 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 $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 $40	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