Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '21 at 19:02
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 772 75% 617 Pts	64-Core 1,012 63% 1,012 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 4630) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 124 Parallax 145 116% 137 fps	MRender 150 Gravity 111 Splatting 95.5 94% 119 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian S280 240GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 24GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	10.7% Very poor	Read 39.9 Write 41.7 Mixed 16.7 SusWrite 42 8% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 1.2 21% 6.43 MB/s	DQ Read 17.9 DQ Write 20.2 DQ Mixed 12.9 11% 17 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 102%
KingFast 128GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: T1103F0L SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 259 163 151 146 196 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 42% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 398GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 174 174 170 176 173 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 163 Mixed 85 SusWrite 173 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 112%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 687GB free Firmware: SD35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 118 117 114 115 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 117 Write 33.9 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 116 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 188 188 186 187 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 134 Write 151 Mixed 74.6 SusWrite 182 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 80% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 42.4 MC Write 42.2 MC Mixed 38.9 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 22.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 119%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,228x
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 $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	84x
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: 66% - Good

Total price: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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