Asus X99-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	53.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160818
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '21 at 16:19
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 201 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 591 58% 476 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 90.5 Parallax 78.6 62% 81.7 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 77.4 Splatting 70.7 61% 75.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 598GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 913 505 419 400 398 401 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$138 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 6.5TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 206 207 207 207 206 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 191 188 191 191 189 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 83.7 Write 144 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 189 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 110%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 333GB free Firmware: SD23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 81 83 89 85 89 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 76.5 Write 55.8 Mixed 49 SusWrite 85.2 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 58%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 8GB 4,577 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 4.2 4.4 4 4 4.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 8.8 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 4.3 15% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 2.3 161% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2133C15-8GRR2 F4-2133C15-8GRR F4-2133C15-8GRR2 F4-2133C15-8GRR F4-2133C15-8GRR2 F4-2133C15-8GRR F4-2133C15-8GRR2 F4-2133C15-8GRR 64GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 42.3 MC Mixed 39.3 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 20.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns

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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	1,227x
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	170x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $275Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	83x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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	31x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 2x8GBMicronBench 68%, 1,302 samples	27x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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