Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	208% 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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '19 at 18:25
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 923 83% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,229 76% 1,229 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 204 Parallax 184 149% 190 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 185 Splatting 129 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 803 647 657 642 645 648 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,367 Write 954 Mixed 1,157 SusWrite 674 232% 1,038 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 76.3 255% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 848 DQ Write 652 DQ Mixed 765 568% 755 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 340%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 155GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 179 153 182 176 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 356 Write 254 Mixed 277 SusWrite 182 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 34.5 137% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 179 143% 196 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 118 126 117 100 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 426 Write 151 Mixed 186 SusWrite 116 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 37.6 140% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 69.4 69% 110 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 181GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 109 109 98 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 96.5 Mixed 97 SusWrite 106 74% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 49.1 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 39 125% 43.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 22.6 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 117%

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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	1,231x
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	85x
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