Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.1% 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	91.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141210
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '19 at 03:10
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 79 1-Core 130 2-Core 257 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 774 74% 612 Pts	64-Core 977 60% 977 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 111 Parallax 113 86% 110 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 100 Splatting 82.3 75% 92.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 313 117 64 83 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 444 Mixed 354 SusWrite 181 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 46.9 150% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 350 258% 337 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 82 64 59 55 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 485 Write 463 Mixed 369 SusWrite 100 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 43.3 143% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 225 198% 296 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 14GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 490 Write 461 Mixed 404 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 47.2 154% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 341 256% 340 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 160 154 161 148 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 158 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 154 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 118 116 119 117 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 106 Write 102 Mixed 38 SusWrite 116 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.6 101% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$130 1,513 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 32.7 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 120%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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 $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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