Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.3% 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	202% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '21 at 14:56
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 202 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 699 63% 532 Pts	64-Core 1131 70% 1131 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8539) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.3% Very good	Lighting 95.5 Reflection 113 Parallax 100 78% 103 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 83.5 73% 90.6 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM13.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2166 2135 1029 545 548 545 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,330 Write 2,022 Mixed 1,498 SusWrite 1,161 340% 1,503 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 55.1 172% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 629 DQ Write 432 DQ Mixed 548 404% 536 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 262%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 274GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 464 462 462 463 462 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 456 Mixed 379 SusWrite 463 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 53.5 171% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 351 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 328GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 70 70 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 113 Write 116 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 70.3 128% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 60%
SanDisk Cruzer 248GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 28GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 17 18 17 16 17 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 13 Mixed 21 SusWrite 16.5 26% 21.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.3 86% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 14%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 346GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 120 Write 18.5 Mixed 38 SusWrite 16.1 49% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 24% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 76%
Innostor Ext. HDD 160GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 81GB free, PID 0611 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 42 41 40 41 42 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 30.7 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 40.6 43% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 52% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$117 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 51.5 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 45 133% 46.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 22.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 113%

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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	1,235x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $212Bench 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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16