Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	17 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141016
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '21 at 16:25
Run Duration	333 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 74.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 210 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 619 61% 499 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.4% Very good	Lighting 89.9 Reflection 101 Parallax 91.4 73% 94 fps	MRender 86.1 Gravity 90.6 Splatting 91.7 74% 89.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 60 71 63 75 72 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.4% Above average	Read 220 Write 117 Mixed 183 SusWrite 72 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 26.3 88% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 120 121% 202 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 114GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 270 261 263 252 255 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 369 Write 260 Mixed 230 SusWrite 259 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 32.7 118% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 260 207% 293 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 134%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 860GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 75 76 76 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 123 Write 124 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 75.7 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDS723015BLA642 1.5TB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 460GB free Firmware: MN5OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 132 133 134 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 83.9 Write 84.2 Mixed 49.9 SusWrite 133 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 79%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 129 130 132 131 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 42.6 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 131 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 72%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$86 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 144 144 147 146 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 141 Write 132 Mixed 87.4 SusWrite 145 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 100%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 603GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 83 84 84 84 85 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 32.5 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 84.1 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FA 4x8GB 871 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 37.5 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 90.5 44% 90.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 122%

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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	1,235x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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) $31	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