Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 163% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 161% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	172% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	254% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 19:55
Run Duration	337 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 226 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 947 88% 733 Pts	64-Core 1378 85% 1378 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan RTX-$1,477 2,418 User benchmarks, average bench 168% Nvidia(10DE 12A3) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	172% Outstanding	Lighting 232 Reflection 257 Parallax 260 189% 250 fps	MRender 316 Gravity 255 Splatting 163 191% 244 fps
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 179%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 893 1199 1293 1369 1371 1369 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 1,504 Write 1,364 Mixed 1055 SusWrite 1249 291% 1,293 MB/s	4K Read 54.8 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 72.6 250% 88.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1020 DQ Write 800 DQ Mixed 929 690% 916 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 787GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 390 406 414 409 413 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 452 Mixed 430 SusWrite 398 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 52.9 176% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 349 260% 347 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 4TB-$380 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 388 407 416 408 413 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 482 Mixed 441 SusWrite 398 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 55.8 183% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 349 262% 349 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 727GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 265 265 265 265 266 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 435 Mixed 414 SusWrite 265 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 52.2 173% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 349 261% 347 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 1.5TB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 581 612 618 619 619 620 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
G-drive USB 6TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 3.5TB free Firmware: 2602 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 182 184 180 180 182 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 214 Write 215 Mixed 144 SusWrite 181 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 8.1 4K Mixed 1.4 10% 4.07 MB/s	DQ Read 2.6 DQ Write 6.6 DQ Mixed 3.6 3% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 27%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 40 37 34 34 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 191 Write 38.5 Mixed 60 SusWrite 37 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.9 363% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 118%
Hitachi HDN721010ALE604 10TB 330 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 4.5TB free Firmware: 83XN SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 46 46 47 46 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 194 Write 46.2 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 46 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 135%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3TB free Firmware: 1L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.3 0.3 2.4 0.5 0.3 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 154 Write 39.5 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 6 47% 63 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 42% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 93%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 5TB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 39 36 33 34 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 182 Write 44 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 36.3 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.9 384% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 111 113 113 112 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 118 Write 118 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 112 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 8x4GB 556 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2436 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 53.7 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 45.6 136% 47.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 23.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 131%

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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	1,231x
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