Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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	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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '18 at 07:23
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 66.6 2-Core 189 65% 114 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 612 58% 481 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 102 Parallax 97 78% 98.2 fps	MRender 88.9 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 86.7 73% 89.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 445 447 436 440 444 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 404 Mixed 368 SusWrite 434 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 38.6 155% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 350 264% 355 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 856GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 183 181 183 183 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 156 Mixed 98.8 SusWrite 182 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Monster MONSTER DIGITAL 32GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 24GB free, PID 4250 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 5 5.5 5.1 5 4.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	8.52% Terrible	Read 26.5 Write 10.3 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 5.3 16% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.4 93% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.52% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65.4% Good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 22.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16.9 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 104%

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

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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 $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