Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	59.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '20 at 21:23
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 229 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 947 83% 707 Pts	64-Core 1,525 94% 1,525 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3183) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 176 Parallax 182 123% 169 fps	MRender 198 Gravity 160 Splatting 111 123% 156 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 304 308 305 306 306 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 450 Mixed 372 SusWrite 320 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 45.8 159% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 348 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 823GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 466 474 456 453 447 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 442 Mixed 393 SusWrite 462 100% 441 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 51.1 166% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 8x8GB 313 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	MC Read 56.1 MC Write 54 MC Mixed 48.3 151% 52.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 20.7 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 132%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 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 $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 $45	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