Asus X99-S

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-S (all builds)
Memory	33.4 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '17 at 21:33
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 199 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 593 61% 491 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 86.4 Parallax 76.6 66% 81.3 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 69.7 61% 75.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29401 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 468 (B1) Unknown 90 90 113 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 37 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 171 (F1) Unknown 99 99 60796144052	77.8% Very good	Read 500 Write 345 Mixed 343 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 10.9 94% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 26.7 73% 162 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 118%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 160 0 (03) Spinup time 141 125 11941 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2407 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23047 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2319 (C2) HDA temperature 100 85 52 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	71% Very good	Read 135 Write 112 Mixed 138 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.83 4K Mixed 0.24 109% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 98%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 694GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 156 6750 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9731 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 47227 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 871 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 90411 (C2) HDA temperature 117 78 33 (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	47% Average	Read 87.1 Write 76.5 Mixed 83 62% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 81GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 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 166 162 6675 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4031 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 115 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13516 (C2) HDA temperature 117 91 33 (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	33% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 56.2 Mixed 54.7 42% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 55GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 163 6541 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8522 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43687 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 832 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 72218 (C2) HDA temperature 103 76 47 (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	62.4% Good	Read 113 Write 104 Mixed 102 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 48GB 2,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 16384, 4096, 4096, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 26.2 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 19 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 98%

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Gaming 99%

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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 $485Bench 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 $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $774

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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