Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	92.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '21 at 04:34
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 194 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 704 64% 539 Pts	64-Core 993 62% 993 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 1071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 113 Parallax 127 102% 122 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 124 Splatting 105 106% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 283 309 341 349 356 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 408 Mixed 309 SusWrite 319 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 37 135% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 210 175% 253 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 71GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 303 307 260 210 199 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 468 Mixed 399 SusWrite 262 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 54 177% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 356 243% 298 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 57GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 299 268 205 198 183 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 467 Mixed 408 SusWrite 241 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 52.8 173% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 303 240% 335 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 371GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 331 339 362 374 381 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 466 Mixed 446 SusWrite 354 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 51.2 168% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 262 197% 264 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 1,481 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 48.8 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 42.7 128% 44.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 21.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 136%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

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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 $177	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