Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141016
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '18 at 20:10
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 790 72% 602 Pts	64-Core 1,104 68% 1,104 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Lighting 87.4 Reflection 85.2 Parallax 78.1 71% 83.6 fps	MRender 79.4 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 70 61% 75.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 352 276 273 261 255 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 437 Mixed 358 SusWrite 310 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 59.7 198% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 79GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 76 77 77 78 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 84 Write 87 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 76.5 58% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 69%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 31GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 76 81 73 78 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 81.7 Write 73.7 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 77.4 54% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 126 130 125 127 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 117 Write 113 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 126 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB 598 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 54.8 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 49.6 141% 49.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 21.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 106%

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Gaming 45%

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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	1,230x
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 $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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