Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.2% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150206
Uptime	23.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '17 at 14:08
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 798 80% 649 Pts	64-Core 1,012 63% 1,012 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Lighting 50.4 Reflection 47 Parallax 42.3 41% 46.6 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 44 Splatting 38.6 33% 40.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16026 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1954 (B1) Unknown 95 1 263 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 44 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40617005234	71.2% Very good	Read 507 Write 280 Mixed 363 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 17.4 98% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 18.1 42% 81.7 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 124%
Covecube Virtual Disk 2TB 1,262 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 128 Write 112 Mixed 110 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 105%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 128GB 752 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 62GB free, PID fa05 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 186 Write 117 Mixed 75.9 144% 126 MB/s	4K Read 5.11 4K Write 0.15 4K Mixed 0.25 33% 1.84 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$210 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 35.3 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 21.2 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 110%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,228x
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 $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: 66% - Good

Total price: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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