Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	103% 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	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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '21 at 04:32
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 190 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 681 67% 549 Pts	64-Core 849 53% 849 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 173 Parallax 149 104% 150 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 183 Splatting 122 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 295 298 299 295 296 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 439 Mixed 371 SusWrite 302 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 46 161% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 349 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 105GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 299 298 298 298 299 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 442 Mixed 385 SusWrite 304 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 47.7 164% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2TB free Firmware: CV26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 206 206 206 209 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 198 Mixed 89.9 SusWrite 207 127% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 917GB free Firmware: CV26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 209 212 212 212 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 203 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 210 129% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 2x8GB 1,302 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 22.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 79%

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

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Typical X99-A Builds (Compare 1,980 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,230x
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