Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	134% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '23 at 22:21
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 206 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 672 64% 531 Pts	64-Core 829 51% 829 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.61 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 94.2 Reflection 107 Parallax 114 77% 105 fps	MRender 169 Gravity 122 Splatting 103 104% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 235GB free Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 283 284 287 288 287 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 452 Write 278 Mixed 267 SusWrite 285 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 31.7 111% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 180 162% 245 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 96%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 608GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 589 176 166 108 102 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 1,252 Write 1,288 Mixed 965 SusWrite 208 208% 928 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 51.1 166% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 503 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 270 244% 375 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 255%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 523GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 77 80 79 78 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 50 Write 61.8 Mixed 54 SusWrite 77.4 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.5 153% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 63%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$33 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 124 127 125 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 129 Write 115 Mixed 90 SusWrite 125 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 228GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 126 127 127 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 132 Mixed 92.9 SusWrite 126 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2133 2OZ 4x4GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 35.7 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 20.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 103%

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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	1,242x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 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 $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	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: 68% - Good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16