Asus X99-S

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-S (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160818
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 19:48
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 256 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 818 81% 662 Pts	64-Core 1,022 63% 1,022 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 119 Parallax 114 89% 114 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 94.9 80% 98.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5181 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1365 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 108 (AE) Unknown 100 100 98 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 48 223339413545 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 70114977703 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2203214806 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1408769588	62% Good	Read 373 Write 348 Mixed 357 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 14.4 63% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 12.4 49% 108 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 107%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7.5TB free Firmware: D781 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 205211976 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2594824 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 51 42 185609551921 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 49 58 77309411377 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 100 205211976 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 131971460104204 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8990125739 (F2) Unknown 100 253 80520951	100% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 160 Mixed 125 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.43 4K Write 7.35 4K Mixed 0.71 275% 3.16 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 193GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 195 9208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 432 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2472 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 406 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7560 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.7% Above average	Read 107 Write 97.7 Mixed 101 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.16 77% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 97%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 157GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 201 8925 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 183 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4300 (C2) HDA temperature 120 115 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 86.8 Mixed 87.2 69% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.17 79% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 97%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 14GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8880 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1288 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 4264 (0A) Spinup retry count 125 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 959 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 56 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4412 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 244814250027 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 35 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 93 93 2919 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 211 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	66.2% Good	Read 131 Write 100 Mixed 111 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 43.4 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 40.3 120% 41.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 23.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%

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Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 87%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus X99-S

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	211x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	81x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	52x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	32x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	26x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	29x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	38x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GBCorsairBench 89%, 2,538 samples	15x
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	13x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $788

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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