Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	108% 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.
Boot Drive	96.9% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	17.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '22 at 00:37
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 1.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	47% Average	Memory 67.6 1-Core 37.1 2-Core 67.8 39% 57.5 Pts	4-Core 144 8-Core 371 29% 258 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 183 Parallax 136 109% 151 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 130 Splatting 109 111% 140 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 421 367 309 274 265 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 1,189 Write 745 Mixed 531 SusWrite 335 155% 700 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 21 71% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 159 116% 154 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 243%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 145GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 335 318 343 379 361 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 406 Write 381 Mixed 382 SusWrite 323 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 25 4K Mixed 20.8 67% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 154 122% 170 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 133%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 457GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 96 96 96 96 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 80.9 Write 78.3 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 95.9 55% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 63%
Dual Drive Dock 1 4TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 89 88 90 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 80.3 Write 170 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 89.1 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 98%
Dual Drive Dock 2 4TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 152 150 150 153 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 78.5 Write 107 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 151 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 97%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$145 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 78 79 78 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 75.1 Write 65.4 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 78.2 52% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 99%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 578GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 119 120 121 121 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 112 Write 101 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 120 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 3x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 28.6 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 10 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 103%

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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 $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 $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