Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	351% 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '20 at 21:10
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 87.5 2-Core 202 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 822 80% 657 Pts	64-Core 1,071 66% 1,071 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 151 Parallax 128 113% 139 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 293GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2177 2133 2144 1985 2122 1942 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	351% Outstanding	Read 2,514 Write 2,101 Mixed 1,343 SusWrite 2084 451% 2,011 MB/s	4K Read 54.4 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 81.6 274% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 971 DQ Write 716 DQ Mixed 816 618% 835 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 351% Great: 393%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 8GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 21 20 20 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	22% Poor	Read 55.6 Write 20.5 Mixed 21.4 SusWrite 21 22% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 75% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 82%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 58GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 46 45 46 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 45.4 Write 43.5 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 45.6 58% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 9 4K Write 10.1 4K Mixed 7 615% 8.7 MB/s	DQ Read 8.4 DQ Write 11.1 DQ Mixed 7.8 674% 9.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 43.5 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 42.7 123% 43.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 19.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%

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

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,232x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16