Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	255% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '18 at 05:17
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 265 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 819 84% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,034 64% 1,034 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 106 Reflection 120 Parallax 98.6 86% 108 fps	Gravity 131 Splatting 98.3 99% 115 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,833 Write 1,266 Mixed 1,451 406% 1,850 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 28.3 189% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 59.8 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 153 136% 193 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 236%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 66GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4064731 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -106214541224588 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1394 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 251 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 42 60132294690 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 60132294690 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4064731 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4064731 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4064731 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10559 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7022 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7022 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6576	77.9% Very good	Read 516 Write 236 Mixed 289 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 17.6 133% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 38.7 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 60.1 60% 92.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 87%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 3GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4694912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -31001073936170 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1516 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 179 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 39 69 38659227687 (C2) HDA temperature 39 69 38659227687 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4694912 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4694912 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4694912 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8181 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4981 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4981 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7670	60.9% Good	Read 521 Write 123 Mixed 134 56% 259 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 17.1 102% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 95.7 DQ Mixed 12.5 23% 43.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 73%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01M02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 183 183 21494825237 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 696 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 305 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1127 (C2) HDA temperature 130 130 210454642734 (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 200 200 0	111% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 188 Mixed 148 133% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 5.48 4K Mixed 0.49 188% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 668GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 12285 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2040 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4646 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1094 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1920 (C2) HDA temperature 106 103 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 159 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 152 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 268	91% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 156 Mixed 151 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.28 98% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 2,543 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 44.1 MC Mixed 43.4 126% 44.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 24.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 116%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	757x
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	113x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	39x

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: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $371

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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