Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (13%). 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	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '19 at 03:55
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (86^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 234 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 709 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 866 54% 866 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 112 85% 110 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 88.7 77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,980 Write 4,643 Mixed 4,552 986% 4,392 MB/s	4K Read 356 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 197 881% 241 MB/s	DQ Read 752 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 523 393% 536 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 245 86 66 65 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 463 Mixed 424 SusWrite 154 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 45.4 149% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 231 207% 314 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 14GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 483 Write 469 Mixed 405 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 45.1 150% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 152 153 143 157 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 139 Write 144 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 150 80% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$79 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 115 118 112 118 115 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 114 65% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$130 1,513 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 37.1 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 21.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 120%

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

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Typical X99-A Builds (Compare 1,987 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,234x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $744

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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16