Asus X99-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics91.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus X99-A  (all builds)
Memory27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160818
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 09 '19 at 12:26
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285
SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
95.4% Outstanding
Memory 94.5
1-Core 129
2-Core 257
90% 160 Pts
4-Core 517
8-Core 968
89% 743 Pts
64-Core 1,378
85% 1,378 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 95.4%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
CLim: 1632 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.1
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
91.1% Outstanding
Lighting 109
Reflection 92.7
Parallax 172
89% 125 fps
MRender 90.7
Gravity 118
Splatting 132
95% 113 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 91.1%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,048
Write 1,262
Mixed 564
283% 1,292 MB/s
4K Read 49.9
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 49.1
217% 82.4 MB/s
DQ Read 999
DQ Write 708
DQ Mixed 597
515% 768 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30
585GB free
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 119 129 125 115 127 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
89% Excellent
Read 187
Write 157
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 124
91% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.5
124% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 89%
Great: 107%
WD WDS250G1B0A-00H9H0 500GB
242GB free
Firmware: M3CR022
SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 461 464 440 390 390 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Read 515
Write 474
Mixed 451
SusWrite 435
348% 469 MB/s
4K Read 39.3
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 57.6
10,132% 70 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 290
2,873% 338 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 64%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GFX Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 F4-2400C15-8GFX Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 32GB
2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
111% Outstanding
MC Read 47.5
MC Write 40.9
MC Mixed 38.4
121% 42.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 24.8
SC Mixed 23
61% 21.4 GB/s
Latency 58.6
68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 70%
This bench: 111%
Great: 112%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X99-A Builds (Compare 1,978 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $763
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