Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.8% 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	59.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '20 at 00:41
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 177 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 554 58% 463 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 112 86% 111 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 87.8 76% 93.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 146 149 146 153 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 490 Write 164 Mixed 138 SusWrite 140 51% 233 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 21.6 74% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 57.2 DQ Mixed 93.7 91% 152 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 122%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$123 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 191GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 228 238 228 242 163 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 483 Write 427 Mixed 422 SusWrite 226 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 38.6 125% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 67.8 DQ Mixed 153 130% 201 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 914GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 164 171 164 173 115 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 120 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 159 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$79 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 170 181 176 184 121 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 136 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 167 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 825 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0511 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 41 39 41 27 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 37 Write 21 Mixed 35 SusWrite 37.5 24% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 0.7 216% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 89%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 0739 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 139 138 145 96 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 139 Write 104 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 131 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 135 130 136 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 112 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 125 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 105%
Sony MRW-E90 128GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 70GB free, PID 0baf Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 94 96 95 100 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 219 Write 44.8 Mixed 35 SusWrite 89.5 104% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.3 124% 4.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAD 4x8GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 37.2 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 21.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

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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	1,232x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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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Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16