Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 165% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 162% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	174% 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	262% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	59.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '20 at 05:46
Run Duration	333 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (52^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)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 255 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 933 86% 720 Pts	64-Core 1,376 85% 1,376 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.4% 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 (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	174% Outstanding	Lighting 234 Reflection 257 Parallax 277 191% 256 fps	MRender 323 Gravity 254 Splatting 166 194% 248 fps
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 174% 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% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 784 1183 1286 1370 1374 1369 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 1,512 Write 1,369 Mixed 1129 SusWrite 1,228 294% 1,310 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 78.8 273% 98.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,055 DQ Write 822 DQ Mixed 953 709% 943 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 781GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 420 442 451 453 452 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 463 Mixed 426 SusWrite 427 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 65.6 218% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 359 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 4TB-$380 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 420 442 452 453 452 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 490 Mixed 448 SusWrite 427 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 67.1 222% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 517GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 221 223 39 186 223 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 456 Mixed 424 SusWrite 186 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 63.3 212% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 1.5TB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 533 523 529 677 548 530 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: 213 228 219 214 229 218 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 214 Write 208 Mixed 148 SusWrite 220 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 8.4 4K Mixed 1.4 10% 4.2 MB/s	DQ Read 2.6 DQ Write 5.9 DQ Mixed 3.8 3% 4.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 27%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 16 30 28 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 182 Write 29.5 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 25.7 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.9 363% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 118%
Hitachi HDN721010ALE604 10TB 330 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 4.5TB free Firmware: 83XN SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 45 45 45 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 196 Write 46.5 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 45.4 61% 84 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.3 257% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 135%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3TB free Firmware: 1L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 42 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 170 Write 43 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 42.7 57% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 93%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 5TB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 31 30 28 28 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 187 Write 29.5 Mixed 61 SusWrite 30.4 57% 77 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.9 359% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 125 125 126 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	70% Very good	Read 119 Write 115 Mixed 104 SusWrite 125 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 178% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 8x8GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 3248 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	134% Outstanding	MC Read 58.6 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 54.9 150% 52.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 24.4 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 177%

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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	1,230x
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 $279Bench 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 $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 $40	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