Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	313% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '19 at 23:06
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (98^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 241 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 750 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 946 58% 946 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 126 Parallax 127 107% 128 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 123 Splatting 98 104% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$60 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 918GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1929 1943 1962 1753 1732 1814 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,095 Write 1,682 Mixed 1,355 SusWrite 1,855 392% 1,747 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 81.1 265% 95.7 MB/s	DQ Read 890 DQ Write 592 DQ Mixed 511 443% 664 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 372%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 68GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 143 139 140 144 146 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 339 Write 210 Mixed 222 SusWrite 143 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 30 113% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 155 124% 171 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow KC300 240GB-$58 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 82GB free Firmware: 605ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 163 169 140 157 148 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 386 Write 231 Mixed 262 SusWrite 156 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 38.7 142% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 282 202% 260 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 94%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$150 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 212GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 52 53 52 53 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 53 Write 51 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 52.3 36% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Goodram GR2133D464L15S/4G 4x4GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 35.7 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%

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Gaming 45%

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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	1,244x
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 $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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