Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 136% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	124% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 1 month ago, 28 days ago, 28 days ago, 28 days ago, 26 days ago, 26 days ago, 23 days ago, 20 days ago, 18 days ago, 18 days ago, 16 days ago, 3 days ago, 3 days ago, 3 days ago, 20 hrs ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141016
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 16:17
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-5820K-$391 66,297 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	1-Core 129 2-Core 259 91% 194 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 766 83% 641 Pts	64-Core 978 66% 978 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$650 119,856 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Asus(1043 8662) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Lighting 516 Reflection 410 Parallax 496 136% 474 fps	MRender 389 Gravity 432 Splatting 238 124% 353 fps
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$170 57,195 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 355GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1456 1273 1267 1270 1270 1275 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2,491 Write 2,370 Mixed 1,745 SusWrite 1,302 443% 1,977 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 84.3 285% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 990 DQ Write 653 DQ Mixed 908 654% 850 MB/s
Poor: 226% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 357%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 112,784 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 121 118 124 123 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 148 Write 119 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 122 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 6x4GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 6 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 33.3 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 22.1 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 52%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $391Bench 73%, 66,297 samples	3,273x
Core i7-5930KIntel $295Bench 76%, 25,246 samples	586x
Core i7-5960XIntel $600Bench 75%, 9,606 samples	191x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 52%, 506,553 samples	639x
GTX 1080Nvidia $445Bench 105%, 561,146 samples	457x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 61%, 102,521 samples	438x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $87Bench 112%, 375,272 samples	311x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 518,075 samples	280x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $350Bench 225%, 38,289 samples	135x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $171Bench 99%, 1,400 samples	139x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $89Bench 87%, 4,034 samples	132x
4x8GBUnknownBench 71%, 18,572 samples	79x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $1,288

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $260	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i7-9700K $369	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24