Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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	16.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1202 x 670 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 05:06
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 10,197 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 90.7 2-Core 207 71% 127 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 530 54% 440 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Gainward(10B0 0801) 1GB CLim: 835 MHz, MLim: 1025 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.5 Parallax 17.9 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 20.4 Splatting 21.5 19% 22.9 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD256HCGM-000H7 256GB 5,922 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 312 335 272 350 421 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 279 Mixed 277 SusWrite 331 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 36.5 139% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 166 166% 270 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 108%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$49 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 16GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 118 119 119 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 120 Write 114 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 117 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 219% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 250GB free Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 86 86 87 85 87 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 103 Write 79.3 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 85.6 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 68%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 3,193 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 11GB free, PID 4300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.8 7.4 7.8 7 7.9 7.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	4.65% Terrible	Read 10.7 Write 3.8 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 7.3 8% 6.77 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 26% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.65% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB M378A1G43EB1-CPB Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBR2 20GB 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77.2% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 27.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 16.3 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns

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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	1,241x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 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 $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	48x

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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16