Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	189% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '19 at 19:18
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 237 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 726 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 942 58% 942 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 121 Parallax 113 94% 116 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 106 Splatting 106 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 982 1126 949 380 351 326 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,548 Write 720 Mixed 867 SusWrite 686 212% 955 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 58 206% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 698 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 466 352% 485 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 241%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$175 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 108GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 434 423 445 429 445 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 486 Mixed 399 SusWrite 431 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 50.1 172% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 132GB free Firmware: DN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 161 159 163 158 161 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 121GB free Firmware: DN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 206 201 207 202 208 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 110GB free Firmware: DN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 198 194 196 186 186 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 2,538 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 44.4 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 41.3 124% 43.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23.5 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 113% 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	1,248x
Core i7-5930KIntel $599Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $504Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	175x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x

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: 70% - Good

Total price: $730

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16