Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	59.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	197% 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	59.3 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	Feb 20 '20 at 06:23
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 1,120 99% 842 Pts	64-Core 1,465 91% 1,465 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 0517) CLim: 1360 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Lighting 75.4 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 92.3 62% 79.7 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 58 55% 68.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 237GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 935 956 955 946 885 824 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 700 Write 945 Mixed 560 SusWrite 917 177% 780 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 54.5 232% 94.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,095 DQ Write 845 DQ Mixed 479 492% 806 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 230%
Intel SSDSC2BX480G4 480GB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 243GB free Firmware: G2010160 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 422 420 421 421 421 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 433 Mixed 324 SusWrite 419 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 39.6 156% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 290 222% 301 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 10,182 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 317GB free Firmware: 80006E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 767 601 602 603 603 603 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,574 Write 942 Mixed 1272 SusWrite 630 246% 1,105 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 68.5 232% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 938 DQ Write 826 DQ Mixed 379 422% 714 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 215%
Ithoo Tech 512GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 228GB free Firmware: 0206 SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 542 540 543 545 537 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 14% Great: 20%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 242GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 125 125 126 125 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 118 Write 84.3 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 123 65% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 83% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 114%
UPen USB Flash Disk 4GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 1302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	5.91% Terrible	Read 24.2 Write 12 Mixed 17.3 SusWrite 5.4 18% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.91% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 426 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	MC Read 61.2 MC Write 64.7 MC Mixed 56.5 174% 60.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 24.1 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 166%

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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	1,239x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	174x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16