Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	234% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '18 at 14:45
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 708 67% 558 Pts	64-Core 931 58% 931 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gainward(10B0 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 82.7 Parallax 73.6 66% 79 fps	MRender 80.2 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 65 58% 71.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 261GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1337 1102 594 596 593 595 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,406 Write 1,235 Mixed 1,148 SusWrite 803 258% 1,148 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 91.3 285% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 958 DQ Write 806 DQ Mixed 869 654% 878 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 46GB free Firmware: CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 75 69 61 72 67 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 458 Mixed 412 SusWrite 102 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 51 172% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 236 211% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 118%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 138GB free Firmware: A3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 75 77 79 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 74.2 Write 75 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 76.8 44% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 75%
Lacie d2 USB3 3TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 775GB free Firmware: 1153 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 31.2 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 34 23% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 405GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 137 138 140 140 139 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 102 Write 128 Mixed 96.8 SusWrite 137 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 327% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 90%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 128GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 82 82 82 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 104 Write 91 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 85.8 117% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 166% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 61%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 333GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 71 72 71 71 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 68 Write 69.3 Mixed 31 SusWrite 71.3 80% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 1,779 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 45.9 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 45.3 129% 45.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 22.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 121%

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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	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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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Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16