Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (13%). 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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160411
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 00:53
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 716 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 897 56% 897 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2981) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 81.1 Parallax 72 63% 77 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 63.8 57% 70.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 111 116 116 107 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 408 Write 116 Mixed 118 SusWrite 111 41% 188 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 17.3 100% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 19.1 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 16.2 29% 53.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 73%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC064MAG 64GB 1,591 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 26GB free Firmware: 0006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 62 62 61 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 287 Write 46.3 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 62 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 12 81% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 71.4 DQ Mixed 7.2 28% 63.2 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 53%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 97GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 79 80 80 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	45% Average	Read 76.5 Write 79 Mixed 47 SusWrite 80.4 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 53%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 96 81 100 92 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 77 Write 83.8 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 94.8 53% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 109%
WD My Book 25EE 6TB 6,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 140 140 138 140 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 130 Write 123 Mixed 102 SusWrite 139 168% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 126% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 33.9 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 17.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 61%

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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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Gaming 65%

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Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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 $130Bench 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 $273	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 $186	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