Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	123% 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '20 at 02:48
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 792 79% 641 Pts	64-Core 895 55% 895 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 81.1 Parallax 108 64% 89.1 fps	MRender 78.8 Gravity 80.7 Splatting 65.2 60% 74.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 499 469 477 465 447 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 636 Write 1,007 Mixed 451 SusWrite 469 145% 641 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 34.9 138% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 751 DQ Write 451 DQ Mixed 521 409% 574 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 277%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 175GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 805 90 89 84 82 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 1,397 Write 1,499 Mixed 1,035 SusWrite 209 231% 1,035 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 63.9 209% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 633 DQ Write 685 DQ Mixed 270 311% 530 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 255%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 292GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 426 416 409 356 379 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 426 Mixed 372 SusWrite 401 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 44.4 133% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 296 239% 338 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 123%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$81 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 132 130 133 134 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 131 Write 110 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 130 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 67% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 88%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$70 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2TB free Firmware: 00.0NS05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 117 121 118 118 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 98.7 Write 120 Mixed 68 SusWrite 114 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FAD 4x4GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.7% Good	MC Read 28 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 22.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 105%

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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	1,241x
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 $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	48x

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: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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