Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	71.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '20 at 13:14
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	SRB-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 i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 239 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 764 76% 617 Pts	64-Core 943 58% 943 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8731) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 126 Parallax 131 112% 132 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 120 Splatting 106 109% 137 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 120GB 4,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 75 90 66 84 92 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 230 Write 345 Mixed 349 SusWrite 94.3 58% 254 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 35.4 135% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 178 177% 281 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 95%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 304GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 62 62 61 63 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 85.7 Write 90.9 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 61.9 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 57%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$71 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 170 173 171 173 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 157 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 171 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 54,651 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 118%

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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	1,228x
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	170x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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: 66% - Good

Total price: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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