Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.2% 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	71.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 06:06
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 94.3 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 679 62% 519 Pts	64-Core 1011 63% 1011 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 106 Parallax 143 85% 118 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 139 Splatting 112 98% 120 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M600_MTFDDAK1T0MBF 1TB 1,769 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 902GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 110 110 111 110 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 396 Write 452 Mixed 308 SusWrite 112 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 34.4 128% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 134 126% 188 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 103%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 70GB free Firmware: P0614D SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 110 110 110 110 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 468 Write 416 Mixed 327 SusWrite 112 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 22.3 95% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 201 163% 228 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 105%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 155 156 157 156 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 470 Write 408 Mixed 306 SusWrite 157 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 34 121% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 199 172% 254 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 105%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 604GB free Firmware: P0614D SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 156 157 157 156 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 477 Write 413 Mixed 316 SusWrite 158 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 22.3 91% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 201 164% 231 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 108 109 108 109 111 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 174 Write 150 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 108 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 105%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 152 147 153 152 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 122 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 150 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 154 155 154 155 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 168 Mixed 77 SusWrite 154 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 105%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 154 154 156 156 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 169 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 154 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 155 154 155 154 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 145 Mixed 72 SusWrite 154 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 8x4GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	110% Outstanding	MC Read 47.3 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 40.9 124% 43.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 20.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 123%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

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 $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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