Asus X99-A

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	209% 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	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '19 at 23:52
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 794 81% 655 Pts	64-Core 1,032 64% 1,032 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8533) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1908 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Lighting 93.7 Reflection 92.4 Parallax 89.3 76% 91.8 fps	MRender 87.9 Gravity 81.9 Splatting 73.7 66% 81.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 500GB 11,656 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 994 822 797 794 837 784 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,759 Write 1,768 Mixed 1,524 SusWrite 838 331% 1,472 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 56.7 192% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 732 DQ Write 545 DQ Mixed 606 462% 628 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 288%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 444GB free Firmware: DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 277 267 263 276 259 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 414 Mixed 365 SusWrite 287 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 45.3 157% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 232 207% 313 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 118%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 969GB free Firmware: 0A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 88 87 92 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 70.3 Write 74.7 Mixed 76 SusWrite 88.5 58% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 88%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 117 112 112 118 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 136 Write 115 Mixed 101 SusWrite 114 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 83%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 148 147 148 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 163 Write 152 Mixed 118 SusWrite 148 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 37.7 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 21.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 106%

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

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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	1,227x
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 $275Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	83x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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	31x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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