Asus X99-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	188% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '18 at 17:07
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 85.7 2-Core 201 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 920 70% 626 Pts	64-Core 905 56% 905 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 192 Parallax 199 105% 173 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 191 Splatting 124 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,586 Write 529 Mixed 863 217% 993 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 227 4K Mixed 50.9 258% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 384 DQ Mixed 145 169% 290 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 353%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 717GB free Firmware: 0A83 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 107 Write 120 Mixed 119 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.45 121% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 97%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 704GB free Firmware: 0A83 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 92.9 Mixed 96.3 74% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.43 114% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 97%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 415GB free Firmware: 0A83 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 95.6 Mixed 94.4 72% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.36 86% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 97%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$231 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 316GB free Firmware: 0A83 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 115 Write 120 Mixed 124 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 4.32 4K Mixed 0.68 201% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 110%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 295GB free Firmware: 0A80 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 130 Mixed 124 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.22 97% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 100%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$231 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 66GB free Firmware: 0A83 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 86.3 Write 92.1 Mixed 88.6 67% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 4.38 4K Mixed 0.65 194% 2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 110%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 44GB free Firmware: 0A83 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 86.4 Write 87.2 Mixed 84.3 65% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.42 115% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 97%
SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.0 128GB-$60 1,435 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 72GB free, PID 5588 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 171 Mixed 154 216% 171 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 11.3 4K Mixed 5.16 609% 9.83 MB/s	DQ Read 14.1 DQ Write 11.8 DQ Mixed 5.31 635% 10.4 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FA 4x8GB 871 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 54.8 MC Write 44.5 MC Mixed 51.1 143% 50.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 17.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 122%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE - $170

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	835x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	462x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	282x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	148x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	142x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	123x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	77x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	38x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GBCorsair $210Bench 88%, 3,970 samples	31x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair $92Bench 85%, 8,498 samples	29x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $910

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