Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	158% 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	165% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '19 at 15:36
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 660 69% 551 Pts	64-Core 918 57% 918 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37A9) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3505 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	158% Outstanding	Lighting 213 Reflection 233 Parallax 264 174% 237 fps	MRender 268 Gravity 234 Splatting 148 170% 217 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 174%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 194 Parallax 193 146% 188 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 177 Splatting 125 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 540 464 442 442 456 436 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,448 Write 898 Mixed 717 SusWrite 463 196% 882 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 49.6 187% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 635 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 488 360% 481 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 220%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 89GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 284 286 273 287 265 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 437 Mixed 353 SusWrite 276 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 41.7 150% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 324 252% 346 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 108GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 265 260 255 267 250 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 410 Mixed 405 SusWrite 260 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 47.8 165% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 142 165% 285 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 99GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 262 256 251 269 247 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 420 Mixed 365 SusWrite 258 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 47.6 165% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 228 206% 314 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 118%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 45GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 167 157 167 179 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 402 Write 182 Mixed 227 SusWrite 163 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 38.2 148% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 98.8 104% 172 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 872GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 197 196 192 204 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 92.7 Mixed 64.6 SusWrite 195 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 48 MC Write 45.1 MC Mixed 48.4 135% 47.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 110%

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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	1,231x
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 $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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