Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150410
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '20 at 09:22
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 100 2-Core 200 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 667 64% 529 Pts	64-Core 986 61% 986 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8507) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.5% Above average	Lighting 70.7 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 67.6 58% 71.7 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 66.3 Splatting 61.5 54% 67 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 67 52 58 52 53 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51% Above average	Read 232 Write 61.7 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 58.9 24% 112 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 22.5 93% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 78.9 DQ Mixed 55.5 84% 166 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 36GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 358 293 260 222 199 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 463 Mixed 382 SusWrite 298 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 51 178% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 355 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Corsair Performance Pro 128GB 268 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4GB free Firmware: 1.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 411 Write 302 Mixed 259 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 30.7 116% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 179 159% 238 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 92%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 151 151 150 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 146 Write 148 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 150 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 98%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 108 114 112 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 125 Write 121 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 111 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9905622-012.A00G 4x4GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 43.5 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 35.9 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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