Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '18 at 22:37
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 109 2-Core 225 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 678 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 912 56% 912 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 182 Parallax 167 136% 172 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 163 Splatting 118 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 132 122 106 117 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 367 Write 156 Mixed 136 SusWrite 127 43% 196 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 34.6 138% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 155 116% 153 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 88%
OCZ REVODRIVE350 240GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 128GB free Firmware: 2.50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 291 327 311 307 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 596 Write 360 Mixed 347 SusWrite 311 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 41.7 145% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 429 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 364 282% 386 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 59GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 165 178 178 178 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 414 Write 180 Mixed 219 SusWrite 166 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 40.5 154% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 192 148% 203 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3000VN0001-1SF176 3TB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 1.5TB free Firmware: AN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 161 154 105 42 16 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 191 Write 161 Mixed 92 SusWrite 106 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 236% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 124GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 65 66 65 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 78.2 Write 73 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 64.7 51% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FADG 3x4GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3 of 8 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 28.6 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

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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	1,232x
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 $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $97Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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