Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	0.68% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	30.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '22 at 03:30
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 84 2-Core 200 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 744 66% 562 Pts	64-Core 1,016 63% 1,016 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 5400 10,400 User benchmarks, average bench 1% PwrHis(1787 3000) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1001.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.68% Terrible	Lighting 0.9 Reflection 1.5 Parallax 1.4 1% 1.27 fps	MRender 1.3 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 0.5 1% 0.73 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.68% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,869 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 392 377 374 350 383 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 286 Mixed 253 SusWrite 375 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 36.2 135% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 128 139% 236 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	MC Read 58.1 MC Write 51.6 MC Mixed 47.4 150% 52.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 23.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 115%

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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%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,236x
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 $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 $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16