Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	151% 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.
Boot Drive	96% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '23 at 19:22
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 89.7 2-Core 187 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 550 54% 439 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3909) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	151% Outstanding	Lighting 222 Reflection 275 Parallax 204 181% 234 fps	MRender 203 Gravity 154 Splatting 136 131% 164 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR045 SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 403 413 436 429 428 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 329 Write 379 Mixed 336 SusWrite 420 83% 366 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 43.1 132% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 143 164% 280 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 123%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 171GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 146 150 154 153 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 126 Write 99.6 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 151 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 440GB free Firmware: 0711 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 115 114 115 115 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 132 Write 90.3 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 115 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KF2666C16D4/8G 1x8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	40.3% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 12 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 40%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 19: 0P 3R 0G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
19%	9%	77	217	60	60	23.5"	1920 1009	SAM0D2C C24F390

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,232x
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	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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