Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94% 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	69.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '17 at 08:25
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 911 88% 727 Pts	64-Core 1,085 67% 1,085 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 93%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1617 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 125 Parallax 114 100% 120 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 111 Splatting 91 83% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 87%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3960) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1642 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Lighting 53.2 Reflection 53.3 Parallax 51.8 43% 52.8 fps	MRender 0.1 Gravity 46.8 Splatting 42.4 26% 29.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 490 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 123 (A5) Unknown 100 100 167510540381 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 31 296352743464 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 133146542119 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 638 (EA) Unknown 100 100 875 (F1) Unknown 253 253 772 (F2) Unknown 253 253 694 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.9% Good	Read 505 Write 291 Mixed 362 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 6.57 83% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 5.45 58% 133 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 86%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 139322421 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 404 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 20695025 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -57367878171763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (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 72 56 505085980 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8674 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 85899345948 (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 -60717952662993 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2919369091 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5787101692	81.6% Excellent	Read 120 Write 164 Mixed 121 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 99%
Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 250GB 8,875 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 40GB free Firmware: PB2OC60F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 204 204 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2260 (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 63 63 16464 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1221 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 29 29 714847 (C2) HDA temperature 220 220 257697972249 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 23 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	26.3% Poor	Read 44.2 Write 47.5 Mixed 45.4 34% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.32 68% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 45%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 20GB free Firmware: 05.06H05 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 161 2841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 151 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14608 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 154 (C2) HDA temperature 110 101 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	37.9% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 65.2 Mixed 64.5 49% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.41 100% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF Corsair CMU16GX4M2A2400C16 HMA451U6AFR8N-TF Corsair CMU16GX4M2A2400C16 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	109% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 46.8 MC Mixed 38.7 120% 42 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 22.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%

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Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	762x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	194x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	91x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	118x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	114x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	87x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	40x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	43x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GBCorsair $140Bench 87%, 4,858 samples	26x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $357

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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