Asus X99-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	19.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '23 at 03:13
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 78.4 2-Core 192 67% 118 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 561 57% 462 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 73.4 Parallax 65.1 54% 68.5 fps	MRender 69.1 Gravity 66.4 Splatting 57.3 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 112 114 114 120 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 170 Write 156 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 113 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 112%
Fantom External HDD 3TB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 884GB free Firmware: 8034 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 39.6 Write 40.3 Mixed 37.9 SusWrite 41.3 30% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 93%
SAMSUNG HD501LJ 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 324GB free, PID 2351 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 40 40 40 40 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 38.4 Mixed 33.6 SusWrite 39.8 51% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 58% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK32GX4M2A2133C13 CMK32GX4M2A2133C13 24GB 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60% Above average	MC Read 26 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 19.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 18.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns

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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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Typical X99-A Builds (Compare 1,999 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	1,245x
Core i7-5930KIntel $599Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $504Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	175x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x

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: 69% - Good

Total price: $739

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16