Asus X99-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.13% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive93.8% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus X99-A  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150410
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 16 '22 at 21:37
Run Duration175 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130
SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
80.1% Excellent
Memory 90.8
1-Core 99.3
2-Core 199
75% 130 Pts
4-Core 374
8-Core 596
60% 485 Pts
64-Core 782
48% 782 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7670
Asus(1043 0467) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
6.13% Terrible
Lighting 8
Reflection 7.7
Parallax 7
6% 7.57 fps
MRender 6.7
Gravity 6.5
Splatting 6.5
5% 6.57 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 6.13%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 421 386 423 385 418 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
93.8% Outstanding
Read 367
Write 393
Mixed 304
SusWrite 403
83% 367 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 95
4K Mixed 36
132% 51.4 MB/s
DQ Read 293
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 246
204% 292 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 93.8%
Great: 101%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49
931GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 130 129 130 128 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
80.5% Excellent
Read 151
Write 122
Mixed 114
SusWrite 129
96% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.9
192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
97.6% Outstanding
MC Read 37.6
MC Write 39.9
MC Mixed 34.9
107% 37.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 18.8
SC Mixed 21
52% 18.2 GB/s
Latency 66
61% 66 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 97.6%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X99-A Builds (Compare 1,979 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $763
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