Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	47.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '21 at 22:18
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (24^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 100 2-Core 194 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 589 57% 468 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.2% Very good	Lighting 93.5 Reflection 107 Parallax 94.2 76% 98.4 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 83.2 Splatting 83.1 70% 86.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 702 607 222 210 223 202 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 974 Write 770 Mixed 559 SusWrite 361 148% 666 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 43.5 137% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 426 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 390 289% 384 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 445%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 3GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.6 6.3 9.6 8.9 8.5 9 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 18.1 Mixed 20.1 SusWrite 8.6 25% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.5 144% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 8x8GB 184 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	109% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 42.1 122% 42.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 21.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 145%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 31: 6R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
31%	12%	59	105	6	60	27"	1920 1080	LEN61A8 LEN P27q-10

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,232x
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 $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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