Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150410
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '19 at 12:50
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 86.4 2-Core 184 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 529 52% 427 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 82.3 Parallax 72.8 63% 77.6 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 65.6 58% 72.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 289 295 308 284 291 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 350 Write 321 Mixed 218 SusWrite 291 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 19.8 82% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 42.2 43% 66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 105%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 113 111 112 114 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 111 Write 114 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 112 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 88%
WD Red 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$151 1,952 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 200GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 67 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 96 Write 97 Mixed 52 SusWrite 66.7 57% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAD1 4x4GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 34.7 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.8 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 101%

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

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Typical X99-A Builds (Compare 1,978 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,228x
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	170x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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