Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	129% 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	167% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	58.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '21 at 22:03
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 194 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 725 66% 554 Pts	64-Core 1079 67% 1079 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 192 Parallax 187 143% 184 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 191 Splatting 126 122% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix BC511 HFM512GDJTNI-82A0A 512GB 5,553 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPS0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 465 581 561 339 358 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,023 Write 939 Mixed 918 SusWrite 465 188% 836 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 61.3 218% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 760 DQ Write 616 DQ Mixed 514 432% 630 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 203%
Seagate ST2000NM0033 81Y9811 81Y3868IBM 2TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 860GB free Firmware: LB5E SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 145 148 145 149 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 140 Mixed 86.6 SusWrite 144 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 97%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 5TB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 4.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 9.9 10 10 10 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	8.99% Terrible	Read 20.7 Write 9.4 Mixed 17.4 SusWrite 10.2 11% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.99% Great: 217%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 143 148 148 148 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 149 Write 147 Mixed 94.4 SusWrite 144 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 8x8GB 552 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 51.9 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 45 134% 47 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 23 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 121%

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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	1,241x
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	175x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	48x

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: 68% - Good

Total price: $744

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16