Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.6% 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	101% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '19 at 23:00
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 206 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 606 56% 465 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 123 Parallax 109 89% 114 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 110 Splatting 92.7 82% 100 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 328 336 334 349 355 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 435 Mixed 364 SusWrite 330 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 44.2 149% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 250 217% 323 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 126%
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 9GB free Firmware: 4PC1LE04 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 251 Write 166 Mixed 160 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 22.1 78% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 84.7 DQ Mixed 68.2 62% 96.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 51%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 86GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 336 342 348 327 288 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 432 Mixed 374 SusWrite 323 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 49.3 164% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 89GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 55 56 57 57 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 461 Write 237 Mixed 268 SusWrite 80.2 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 28 130% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 174 154% 228 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 504GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 71 72 71 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 66.3 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 71.5 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 69%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 129GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 76 75 75 75 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 78 Write 72.3 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 74.8 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 88%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 27GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 96 96 97 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 243 Write 94.5 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 95.2 149% 128 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 9.3 4K Mixed 7.7 621% 9.5 MB/s	DQ Read 12.8 DQ Write 10.5 DQ Mixed 7.9 673% 10.4 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 45.2 MC Write 44.8 MC Mixed 47.4 131% 45.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 23.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 120%

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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 $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) $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