Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	59.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180420
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '20 at 03:08
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 208 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 826 76% 635 Pts	64-Core 1,463 90% 1,463 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2990) CLim: 1412 MHz, MLim: 1762 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.6% Very good	Lighting 97.4 Reflection 105 Parallax 101 79% 101 fps	MRender 84.6 Gravity 90.7 Splatting 76.8 68% 84 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M600_MTFDDAK1T0MBF 1TB 1,769 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 411GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 230 234 235 230 234 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 385 Write 398 Mixed 313 SusWrite 232 75% 332 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 35.7 131% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 97 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 120 115% 172 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 103%
Micron_M600_MTFDDAK1T0MBF 1TB 1,769 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 159GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 200 192 196 197 194 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 388 Write 389 Mixed 319 SusWrite 194 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 35.7 130% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 98.2 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 121 113% 169 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 103%
Crucial M550 1TB-$700 1,628 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 896GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 254 254 251 251 251 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 442 Mixed 305 SusWrite 251 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 37.5 137% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 232 208% 314 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 109%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 213 214 210 212 211 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 391 Write 440 Mixed 301 SusWrite 211 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 36 132% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 133 125% 187 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 104%
Kxg50pnv2t04 TOSHIBA SAMPLE 2TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 214% 2TB free Firmware: AFMS4103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1240 1004 1004 1007 1003 1003 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,678 Write 1,515 Mixed 1,251 SusWrite 1,044 308% 1,372 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 51.8 186% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 901 DQ Write 805 DQ Mixed 805 617% 837 MB/s
Poor: 191% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 245%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 100 100 100 101 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 68.3 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 99.4 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 115% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 408GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 125 124 124 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 108 Write 121 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 123 71% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 108%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 2BE10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 126 128 128 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 120 Write 135 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 127 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 8x8GB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	MC Read 58.3 MC Write 55.4 MC Mixed 49.8 156% 54.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 21.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 131%

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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	1,235x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16