Asus X99-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '19 at 22:10
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 1,016 91% 767 Pts	64-Core 1399 87% 1399 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 12AD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3893 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 138 Parallax 136 118% 140 fps	MRender 198 Gravity 139 Splatting 110 118% 149 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,023 Write 1,257 Mixed 480 274% 1,253 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 55.7 212% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,009 DQ Write 720 DQ Mixed 720 577% 817 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 585GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 139 119 142 137 145 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 158 Write 129 Mixed 32 SusWrite 138 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 107%
WD WDS250G1B0A-00H9H0 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 242GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 463 468 435 397 404 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 516 Write 476 Mixed 450 SusWrite 438 349% 470 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 57.6 10,119% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 292 2,887% 339 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 64%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 4GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 005a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	6.33% Terrible	Read 22.7 Write 4.7 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 5.7 10% 9.35 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.33% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GFX Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 F4-2400C15-8GFX Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	112% Outstanding	MC Read 48.6 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 39.5 123% 43 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

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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	1,232x
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 $90Bench 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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16