Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.3% 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	282% 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 23:46
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 209 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 672 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 853 53% 853 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 118 Parallax 110 86% 111 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2295 812 814 794 812 815 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,256 Write 2,117 Mixed 1,574 SusWrite 1,057 392% 1,751 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 86.9 298% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 942 DQ Write 626 DQ Mixed 862 622% 810 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 355%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 64GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 451 386 302 259 222 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 449 Mixed 370 SusWrite 346 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 57.1 186% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 347 262% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 576GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 75 75 77 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 87.5 Write 86.8 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 75.3 57% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 68%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 165GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 92 92 87 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 114 Write 104 Mixed 104 SusWrite 91.8 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 76%
Lexar JumpDrive 8GB 348 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.1 4.2 3.9 4.5 4.2 4.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	8.39% Terrible	Read 36.2 Write 2 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 4 10% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 9.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 36% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.39% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 35.4 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 20.6 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 107%

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

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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	1,231x
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	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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