Asus X99-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '20 at 04:30
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 238 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 835 83% 675 Pts	64-Core 1,017 63% 1,017 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Lighting 99.1 Reflection 97.4 Parallax 81.9 81% 92.8 fps	MRender 65.3 Gravity 85.6 Splatting 76.3 62% 75.7 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2019)-$44 14,978 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,365 Write 1,211 Mixed 1,140 276% 1,239 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 59.3 220% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 850 DQ Write 789 DQ Mixed 796 604% 812 MB/s
Poor: 143% Great: 238%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4TB free Firmware: CC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 161 167 169 169 167 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 919GB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 117 120 131 135 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 121 Write 137 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 126 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 4x4GB 418 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 48 MC Mixed 36.9 119% 41.5 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 17.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

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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	1,242x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	175x
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 $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x

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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16