Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	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	20 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150930
Uptime	12.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '20 at 20:38
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 714 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 884 55% 884 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 128 Parallax 145 106% 134 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 127 Splatting 106 110% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 298 Write 124 Mixed 196 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 40.2 153% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 127 122% 197 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 501 Write 483 Mixed 431 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.5 199% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 234 210% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 537GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 448 442 468 469 469 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 466 Mixed 448 SusWrite 457 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 56.7 166% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
Lacie Portable SSD 500GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 89GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 161 154 75 75 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 388 Write 155 Mixed 208 SusWrite 119 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 6.2 41% 10.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 96%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 161 161 163 164 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 162 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 162 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 651GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 154 153 151 152 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 160 Write 146 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 152 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 112%
Staples 4GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 4GB free, PID 5573 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.5 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 18 Write 13 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 4.8 16% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.2 94% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 4x8GB 1,060 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM 2133 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 43.7 MC Mixed 39.9 117% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 21.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

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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	1,234x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16