Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	27.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	May 14 '19 at 15:11
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 95 2-Core 193 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 564 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 83.7 Parallax 73.2 63% 78.1 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 72 Splatting 66.3 57% 70.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 67 12 10 1.8 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 316 Write 148 Mixed 71 SusWrite 23.4 30% 139 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 13.7 41% 10.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 56%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 300GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 55 51 53 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 55.7 Write 51.7 Mixed 38 SusWrite 52.4 36% 49.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 179GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 62 60 61 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 58 Write 53.2 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 60.8 38% 51.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 61%
Seagate IronWolf 2TB (2016)-$105 8,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 783GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 145 152 150 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 118 Write 136 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 146 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 4x4GB 497 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 34.3 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 19.5 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 101%

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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 $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 $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