Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '20 at 10:16
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 below expectations (30^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 95.8 2-Core 189 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 562 54% 445 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.1 81% 99.1 fps	MRender 86.3 Gravity 90.5 Splatting 83.3 71% 86.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 164GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 397 388 413 365 312 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 461 Mixed 445 SusWrite 379 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 51 169% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 350 263% 352 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 192GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 376 380 411 435 436 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 466 Mixed 446 SusWrite 404 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 51 170% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 350 263% 351 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 476 Write 402 Mixed 274 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 45.9 162% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 169 177% 291 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 155GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 396 390 214 62 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 463 Mixed 380 SusWrite 250 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 50.7 167% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 262 221% 322 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 4x4GB 1,630 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 31.5 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 18.9 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 108%

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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	1,230x
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 $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

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

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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