Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '22 at 19:21
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

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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 i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 712 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 1,541 95% 1,541 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8662) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 166 Parallax 169 134% 166 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 144 Splatting 123 120% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 251GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,664 Write 5,365 Mixed 5,488 1,230% 5,506 MB/s	4K Read 503 4K Write 354 4K Mixed 408 1,474% 422 MB/s	DQ Read 1,110 DQ Write 812 DQ Mixed 935 706% 952 MB/s
Poor: 77% Great: 124%
Seagate BarraCuda Q5 ZP2000CV30001 2TB 999 User benchmarks, average bench 226% 796GB free Firmware: SU5SH017 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1916 1914 1737 85 87 82 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,084 Write 1,731 Mixed 1,245 SusWrite 970 285% 1,258 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 74.2 246% 90.7 MB/s	DQ Read 967 DQ Write 654 DQ Mixed 853 625% 825 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 308%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 218 217 217 215 217 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 154 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 214 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 106%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 81GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 102 104 105 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 93 Write 99.4 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 102 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 405GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 147 146 145 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 124 Write 137 Mixed 88.9 SusWrite 145 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 26.5 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.8 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 111%

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

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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	1,232x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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 $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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