Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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	83.7% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 18:25
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 79 2-Core 164 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 624 56% 475 Pts	64-Core 882 55% 882 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 153 Parallax 164 129% 158 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 135 Splatting 108 114% 144 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 1TB 1,702 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 751GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 181 124 138 112 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 459 Write 428 Mixed 377 SusWrite 177 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 38.4 134% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 222 186% 269 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 96%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 138 140 139 139 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 130 Write 128 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 138 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 98%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 59GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 155 154 156 156 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 151 Mixed 99.3 SusWrite 155 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 93%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 161 163 163 162 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 158 Mixed 109 SusWrite 161 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 220% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 8x4GB 307 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 46.6 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 42.2 118% 41.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 18.4 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 130%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

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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 $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 $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