Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '21 at 14:14
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 215 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 673 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 877 54% 877 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 94 Parallax 88.8 78% 93 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 85.1 Splatting 77.4 74% 92.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 246 166 166 166 164 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 422 Mixed 374 SusWrite 228 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 58.9 196% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Adroitlark 480GB 480GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 237GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 459 458 459 458 458 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 476 Mixed 419 SusWrite 458 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 54.8 180% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 121 156% 279 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 45.7 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 42.9 126% 44.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 23.7 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%

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

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,227x
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 $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	83x
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	31x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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