Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	15.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '22 at 06:23
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 95.9 2-Core 189 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 741 66% 556 Pts	64-Core 1243 77% 1243 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 100%

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: 496.13 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 142 Parallax 140 112% 140 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 137 Splatting 118 103% 127 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 725 Write 380 Mixed 574 124% 560 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 43.8 136% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 683 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 516 370% 486 MB/s
Poor: 122% Great: 219%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 86GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 215 198 208 209 203 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 378 Write 252 Mixed 267 SusWrite 202 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 29.7 116% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 154 143% 221 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 AMD T U32GX M4C30T C15 CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 32GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	122% Outstanding	MC Read 48.9 MC Write 50.5 MC Mixed 47.9 140% 49.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 18.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,229x
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 $255Bench 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 $184	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