Asus X99-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics105% 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.
Boot Drive72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus X99-A  (all builds)
Memory9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160818
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 29 '21 at 21:51
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing below expectations (34th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285
SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
70.1% Very good
Memory 80.4
1-Core 80.5
2-Core 157
63% 106 Pts
4-Core 322
8-Core 625
56% 473 Pts
64-Core 841
52% 841 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 70.1%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
MSI(1462 C75C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27
Performing below potential (67th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 115
Parallax 146
105% 130 fps
MRender 184
Gravity 127
Splatting 108
110% 140 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190
313GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 319 322 305 315 298 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
72.5% Very good
Read 360
Write 304
Mixed 280
SusWrite 312
71% 314 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 35.6
4K Mixed 25.9
93% 29.6 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 83.3
DQ Mixed 150
131% 204 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 72.5%
Great: 124%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 528 540 561 529 542 515 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
98.6% Outstanding
Read 997
Write 587
Mixed 386
SusWrite 536
139% 626 MB/s
4K Read 16.5
4K Write 27.9
4K Mixed 15.9
60% 20.1 MB/s
DQ Read 278
DQ Write 65.7
DQ Mixed 128
106% 157 MB/s
Poor: 113%
This bench: 98.6%
Great: 541%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
103% Outstanding
MC Read 46.6
MC Write 39.7
MC Mixed 36.8
117% 41 GB/s
SC Read 11.7
SC Write 14.9
SC Mixed 16
41% 14.2 GB/s
Latency 79.7
50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 103%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical X99-A Builds (Compare 1,995 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $748
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