Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	224% 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	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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '21 at 09:36
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	ITA-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 i7-6800K-$78 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 242 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 778 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 942 58% 942 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 8618) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.5% Above average	Lighting 61.8 Reflection 74 Parallax 66.1 50% 67.3 fps	MRender 65.7 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 68.6 56% 69 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 910 857 849 858 851 836 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 2,009 Write 1,272 Mixed 753 SusWrite 860 271% 1,224 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 57.9 204% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 877 DQ Write 373 DQ Mixed 460 384% 570 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 283%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 828GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 448 459 466 464 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 479 Mixed 437 SusWrite 457 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 61.1 202% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 445GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 320 321 323 319 316 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 196 Mixed 215 SusWrite 319 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 29.9 129% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 67 107% 211 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 89%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 158GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 79 78 78 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 69.3 Write 70.6 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 78.1 90% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 931GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 112 113 112 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 110 Write 110 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 112 134% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 45%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 29GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.4 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 22.9 Write 14.7 Mixed 16.2 SusWrite 4.4 18% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.5 163% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	68.3% Good	MC Read 30 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 21.2 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 80%

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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%

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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 $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 $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 $182	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) $30	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