Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	160% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A (all builds)
Memory	20.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160818
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 19:19
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$599 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 206 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 612 60% 493 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Lighting 70.3 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 61.4 57% 66.9 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 63.8 Splatting 54.6 51% 63.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 754GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 727 670 754 765 780 780 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 1,020 Write 787 Mixed 515 SusWrite 746 172% 767 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 50.1 171% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 462 DQ Write 476 DQ Mixed 433 335% 457 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 445%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00MMMB0 3TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 2TB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 4.3 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	7.15% Terrible	Read 35 Write 27.5 Mixed 21 SusWrite 3.1 26% 21.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.15% Great: 19%
Prolific ATAPI-6 Bridge C 1TB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 931GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 34 33 34 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 33.5 Write 31.8 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 33.4 44% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 52% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 69%
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500G 500GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 466GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 31 21 20 21 21 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 39 Write 40.3 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 24 49% 36 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 14.3 1,124% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 13.7 DQ Write 21.6 DQ Mixed 16.7 1,354% 17.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 8x4GB 166 User benchmarks, average bench 135% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 40.2 118% 41.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 20.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 148%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	1,244x
Core i7-5930KIntel $599Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	327x
Core i7-5960XIntel $504Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	175x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	128x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $91Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	63x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x

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: 69% - Good

Total price: $739

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16