Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	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 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

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '22 at 19:12
Run Duration	284 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 85 1-Core 104 2-Core 210 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 786 72% 602 Pts	64-Core 1,312 81% 1,312 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8662) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 169 Parallax 173 138% 170 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 143 Splatting 124 120% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 251GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 911 503 506 505 507 501 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 77% Great: 124%
Seagate BarraCuda Q5 ZP2000CV30001 2TB 999 User benchmarks, average bench 226% 796GB free Firmware: SU5SH017 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1847 1870 1881 343 83 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1096 Write 1,900 Mixed 1,313 SusWrite 1,017 302% 1,332 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 61.1 200% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 885 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 462 374% 545 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 308%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 213 217 217 216 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 170 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 214 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 130% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 81GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 102 105 104 105 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 92.5 Mixed 68 SusWrite 102 68% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 405GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 144 144 146 144 146 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 143 Write 120 Mixed 93.8 SusWrite 144 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	68.5% Good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 22 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 19.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 111%

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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 $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	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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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