Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.3% 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 Drive	64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140915
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '18 at 00:18
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 108 2-Core 218 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 641 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro V7900 (FireGL V) 595 User benchmarks, average bench 14% AMD(1002 0B00) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Lighting 12.9 Reflection 18.7 Parallax 17.9 10% 16.5 fps	MRender 18.7 Gravity 12.5 Splatting 24.2 16% 18.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 19%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 480GB-$85 712 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 258 261 245 244 235 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 327 Write 205 Mixed 253 SusWrite 246 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 24.9 4K Mixed 27.6 96% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 85.8 DQ Mixed 109 94% 142 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GB 1,850 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 35.2 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 21 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 102%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,228x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	326x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	170x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	84x
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: 66% - Good

Total price: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16