Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	197% 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180420
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 23:37
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 101 2-Core 186 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 608 59% 484 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3177) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 83.8 Parallax 74.2 66% 79.9 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 66.7 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 903 905 906 912 914 623 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,330 Write 925 Mixed 845 SusWrite 860 221% 990 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 64.7 230% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 557 DQ Mixed 223 233% 375 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 242%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 421GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 126 125 125 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 117 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 126 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 164 172 171 172 172 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 41 Write 72 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 168 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 106%
WD My Passport 0837 1TB 3,852 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 841GB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 37 37 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 36 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 36.4 48% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$92 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 40.7 119% 41.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 18.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

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 $109Bench 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: 66% - Good

Total price: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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