Asus X99-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '20 at 21:56
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 728 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 1,195 74% 1,195 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 153 Parallax 141 110% 143 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 112 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,342 Write 472 Mixed 511 169% 775 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 42.9 146% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 679 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 316 264% 395 MB/s
Poor: 133% Great: 247%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 162GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 83 83 92 116 96 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 104 Write 87.5 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 91.1 71% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 14GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 46 41 41 37 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 26.7 Write 44.6 Mixed 42 SusWrite 40.2 29% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 58% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 136GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 91 92 94 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 87.2 Write 85 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 92.1 67% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 1,097 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 48.9 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 41.5 127% 44.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 22.7 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%

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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	1,232x
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 $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
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: 68% - Good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $256	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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16