Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	33.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151126
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 26 '21 at 02:17
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 96.8 2-Core 183 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 524 52% 422 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.5% Good	Lighting 64.9 Reflection 109 Parallax 95.6 53% 89.9 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 119 Splatting 103 87% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mknssdcr 480GB-G2 480GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 122 99 90 66 85 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.7% Below average	Read 254 Write 195 Mixed 230 SusWrite 104 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 14.2 4K Mixed 17.8 41% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 82.5 DQ Write 74.9 DQ Mixed 75.4 58% 77.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 57%
Mknssdcr 480GB-G2 480GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 79GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 158 158 166 168 162 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.6% Average	Read 266 Write 232 Mixed 265 SusWrite 161 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 16.3 4K Mixed 17.1 58% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 67.1 DQ Mixed 86.4 78% 122 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 57%
Asmt 2115 525GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 46GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 228 244 108 203 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 250 Write 306 Mixed 277 SusWrite 187 58% 255 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 29.3 4K Mixed 17.3 58% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 105 80% 107 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 72%
Mushkin Scorpion Deluxe PCIe 480GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 198GB free Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 571 377 443 474 609 681 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 899 Write 759 Mixed 514 SusWrite 526 151% 675 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 32.2 104% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 415 DQ Write 389 DQ Mixed 389 296% 398 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 156%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 107GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 300 305 348 193 28 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 423 Write 361 Mixed 355 SusWrite 240 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 17.4 92% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 38 85% 169 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 100%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 130GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 57 57 57 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 33.5 Write 30.5 Mixed 26 SusWrite 56.6 27% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 41%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 200GB 534 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 84GB free Firmware: 3.ADD SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 58 58 60 58 59 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 44.3 Write 46.8 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 58.8 34% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 34%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 200GB 534 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 181GB free Firmware: 3.ADD SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 59 58 59 59 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 50.8 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 58.2 39% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]199F 2x8GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 78%

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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	1,232x
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 $273	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 $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