Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 144% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 136% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	160% 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	261% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	60.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '20 at 05:34
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 (87^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 118 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 753 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 1,201 74% 1,201 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan RTX-$1,484 2,418 User benchmarks, average bench 168% Nvidia(10DE 12A3) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	160% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 250 Parallax 269 163% 240 fps	MRender 336 Gravity 261 Splatting 158 196% 252 fps
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 179%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1281 1280 1230 1371 1358 1367 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 1,529 Write 1,371 Mixed 1,092 SusWrite 1,315 298% 1,327 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 77.6 263% 93.7 MB/s	DQ Read 960 DQ Write 760 DQ Mixed 864 646% 862 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 746GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 438 423 451 448 451 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 458 Mixed 406 SusWrite 441 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 63.6 177% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 356 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 4TB-$380 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 438 423 452 448 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 481 Mixed 438 SusWrite 442 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 64.3 212% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 357 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 781GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 263 261 263 259 256 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 454 Mixed 426 SusWrite 261 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 61.6 203% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 1TB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 617 621 616 618 603 594 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 37 33 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 185 Write 37.8 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 33.4 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.9 313% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 118%
Hitachi HDN721010ALE604 10TB 330 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 4.5TB free Firmware: 83XN SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 45 46 46 45 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	66% Good	Read 184 Write 45 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 45.5 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 135%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3TB free Firmware: 1L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 163 Write 41.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 42.7 55% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 93%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4.5TB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 37 33 29 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 171 Write 33.7 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 33.1 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.9 334% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 118%
G-drive USB 6TB 199 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3.5TB free Firmware: 2602 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 176 173 175 174 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 219 Write 230 Mixed 127 SusWrite 174 138% 187 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 1.6 432% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 128%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 113 113 110 110 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 119 Write 108 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 111 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 8x8GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 52.3 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 45.4 135% 47.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 21.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 177%

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

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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	1,228x
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	170x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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