Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99% 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	53.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180420
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 07 '20 at 11:34
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 731 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 868 54% 868 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 138 Parallax 130 103% 131 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 124 Splatting 102 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 77 82 82 96 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 214 Write 63.8 Mixed 176 SusWrite 86.7 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 35.6 111% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 93.1 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 86.1 70% 99.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 73%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 26GB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 152 4.8 141 42 21 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 467 Write 349 Mixed 312 SusWrite 75.8 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 38.4 130% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 114 92% 130 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 286GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 134 134 133 133 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 160 Write 161 Mixed 136 SusWrite 134 109% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 39.5 119% 41.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 22.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%

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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	1,230x
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	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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