Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '19 at 10:40
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 209 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 400 47% 366 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.6% Average	Lighting 58.9 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 57.9 48% 60.3 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 54.3 Splatting 51.9 47% 58 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 111 99 97 89 90 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 429 Write 122 Mixed 111 SusWrite 99.9 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 19.6 103% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 50.3 84% 168 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 318GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 136 139 135 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 131 Write 137 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 137 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 112%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 206GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 112 112 115 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 113 Write 118 Mixed 75 SusWrite 113 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 100%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 9GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 118 112 100 113 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 76.5 Write 102 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 113 65% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 112%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 29GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 134 Write 101 Mixed 107 141% 114 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 3.9 270% 4.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Mushkin 99[2/7/4]191F 4x4GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 34.1 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 20.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 100%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,227x
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 $275Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	83x
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	31x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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