Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	146% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '20 at 12:51
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 902 80% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,211 75% 1,211 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 2382) 1GB CLim: 822 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.1% Terrible	Lighting 1.2 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 0.59 1% 1.06 fps	MRender 1.71 Gravity 1.27 Splatting 1.83 1% 1.6 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 1.1% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CA1-8D128-HP 128GB 4,097 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: A182 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 143 155 139 145 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,201 Write 529 Mixed 640 SusWrite 147 138% 629 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 59.6 210% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 559 DQ Write 530 DQ Mixed 487 382% 526 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 337%
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 180GB free Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 197 222 200 213 208 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 407 Write 247 Mixed 293 SusWrite 197 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 41.3 151% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 166 151% 231 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 95%
Seagate ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB 3,084 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3.5TB free Firmware: CV13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 177 178 176 179 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 152 Mixed 74.6 SusWrite 178 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESCK.M8FE 2x8GB 4,372 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 17.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 114%

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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	1,231x
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