Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.2% 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	201% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	57.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '22 at 13:58
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 91.1 2-Core 188 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 576 56% 462 Pts	64-Core 980 61% 980 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.2% Above average	Lighting 63.6 Reflection 83.7 Parallax 61 52% 69.4 fps	MRender 66.5 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 63.5 56% 68.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$169 138,083 User benchmarks, average bench 416% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1569 133 458 599 835 795 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 2,178 Write 1,687 Mixed 233 SusWrite 732 266% 1,207 MB/s	4K Read 67.5 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 19.4 174% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 760 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 241 231% 383 MB/s
Poor: 283% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 526%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 135 131 139 143 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 159 Write 127 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 140 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 135 129 139 140 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 158 Write 130 Mixed 84.1 SusWrite 138 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FAR 8x8GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 53.7 MC Write 44.3 MC Mixed 48.3 139% 48.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 22.3 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%

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Typical X99-A Builds (Compare 1,988 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	1,235x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16