Asus X99-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180420
Uptime	16.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '20 at 23:51
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 91.4 2-Core 223 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 676 66% 540 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 8711) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 161 Parallax 161 138% 164 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 157 Splatting 129 127% 159 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,416 Write 1,260 Mixed 1174 286% 1,283 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 74.1 243% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 839 DQ Write 649 DQ Mixed 773 571% 754 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 16GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 452 Write 408 Mixed 364 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 45.2 151% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 356 268% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 32GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 98 101 100 102 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 102 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 100 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 104%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 76GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 52 53 52 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 50.2 Write 55.5 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 52.2 36% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 3264 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 42.4 MC Write 44.2 MC Mixed 43.5 124% 43.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 23.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 119%

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

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,230x
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 $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	84x
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: 66% - Good

Total price: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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