Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	178% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141016
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '17 at 01:18
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 200 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 626 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.1% Very good	Lighting 94 Reflection 98.5 Parallax 90.8 77% 94.4 fps	MRender 85.8 Gravity 87.8 Splatting 81 69% 84.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 927 Write 925 Mixed 875 203% 909 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 53 226% 93.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 180 186% 303 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 445%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 825 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 171GB free Firmware: 0511 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 91.9 Mixed 78.3 68% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.03 57% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 8x4GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 42.4 121% 42.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 21.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 132%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical X99-A Builds (Compare 1,984 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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 $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) $38	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