Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141016
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '20 at 06:37
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 201 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 624 60% 497 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 82.8 Parallax 80.9 66% 81.6 fps	MRender 79.6 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 66.3 59% 73.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 433 Write 432 Mixed 338 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 48.9 167% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 219 198% 300 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4GB free Firmware: EXT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 474 Write 453 Mixed 372 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 53.1 176% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 252 216% 316 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 16GB free Firmware: EXT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 473 Write 457 Mixed 372 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 50.4 168% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 244 211% 311 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$280 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 66GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 453 430 435 432 429 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 459 Mixed 423 SusWrite 435 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 55.3 180% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 284 213% 284 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
LaCie d2 Quadra v3C 3TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 66GB free, PID 107e Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 21 22 22 22 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 27.5 Mixed 25 SusWrite 21.5 35% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 72%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 45GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 18.3 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 14.6 28% 21.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.7 171% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 39%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 124GB 9,173 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 85GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 16 4.4 2.4 23 7.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	7.68% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 5.8 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 12.4 15% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 47% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.68% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 2,538 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 34.3 106% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 19.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 110%

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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	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