Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 87.6%, 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	260% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '21 at 05:41
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 207 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 754 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 940 58% 940 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B9) 3GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.5% Above average	Lighting 64 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 62.1 52% 64.6 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 67.2 Splatting 61.6 53% 65.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1126 887 887 889 866 866 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,195 Write 1,967 Mixed 1,541 SusWrite 920 370% 1,656 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 85.5 271% 95 MB/s	DQ Read 786 DQ Write 602 DQ Mixed 695 520% 694 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 410GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 471 473 474 434 301 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 430 Mixed 417 SusWrite 438 99% 437 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 48.9 163% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 129%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 94 96 94 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 78.8 Write 81.8 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 94.3 55% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 60%
FCR-HS3 -0 64GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 54GB free, PID 6348 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 108 Write 71.7 Mixed 64.5 97% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.2 161% 4.93 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 47%
FCR-HS3 -1 64GB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 58GB free, PID 6348 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 82.5 Write 73.5 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 75.7 96% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 4.4 295% 5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2800 C14 3x4GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3 of 8 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 30 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.4 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 95%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,239x
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	174x
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 $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: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16