Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.7% 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	81.6% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	58.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180420
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '20 at 02:58
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 221 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 856 77% 649 Pts	64-Core 1,446 90% 1,446 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2990) CLim: 1412 MHz, MLim: 1762 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.7% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 105 Parallax 93.3 80% 98.9 fps	MRender 84.9 Gravity 89.4 Splatting 75.1 67% 83.1 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M600_MTFDDAK1T0MBF 1TB 1,769 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 411GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 244 248 241 236 232 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 400 Write 462 Mixed 309 SusWrite 242 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 36.8 134% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 97.8 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 132 125% 187 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 103%
Micron_M600_MTFDDAK1T0MBF 1TB 1,769 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 159GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 189 198 197 197 197 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 396 Write 404 Mixed 326 SusWrite 195 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 36.4 129% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 95.7 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 119 113% 170 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 103%
Crucial M550 1TB-$700 1,628 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 896GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 246 249 251 252 253 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 459 Mixed 308 SusWrite 251 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 39.1 140% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 236 200% 290 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 109%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 204 205 206 210 212 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 388 Write 463 Mixed 313 SusWrite 208 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 37.5 136% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 132 126% 189 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 104%
Kxg50pnv2t04 TOSHIBA SAMPLE 2TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 214% 2TB free Firmware: AFMS4103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1201 1006 1004 1011 1004 1009 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,691 Write 1,612 Mixed 1,387 SusWrite 1,039 322% 1,432 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 51.5 178% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 855 DQ Write 749 DQ Mixed 796 598% 800 MB/s
Poor: 191% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 245%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 101 101 101 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 97 Write 91.5 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 99.8 69% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 408GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 125 125 124 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 116 Write 126 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 124 70% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 108%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 2BE10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 126 127 126 129 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 125 Write 134 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 127 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 8x8GB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	MC Read 57.2 MC Write 54.7 MC Mixed 48.9 153% 53.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 21.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 131%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $274	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