Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	45 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160628
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '18 at 18:17
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (51^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, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 70.5 2-Core 195 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 660 64% 526 Pts	64-Core 1021 63% 1021 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 83 Parallax 81.3 67% 82.1 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 65.5 59% 72.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 295 200 197 245 241 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 458 Write 446 Mixed 278 SusWrite 221 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 35.6 125% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 40.9 64% 124 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 111%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 568GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 309 323 334 319 325 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 440 Mixed 416 SusWrite 321 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 50.1 165% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 39.5 88% 181 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 133%
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 208GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 301 334 341 329 332 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 482 Write 448 Mixed 312 SusWrite 325 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 36 130% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 28.6 78% 163 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 111%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 309 338 345 333 335 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 444 Mixed 407 SusWrite 330 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 48.2 172% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 45.6 98% 202 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 135%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 8x8GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 54.4 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 48 139% 48.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 21.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	765x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	196x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	91x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	118x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	115x
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 $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16