Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	169% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '21 at 13:10
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 81 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 763 75% 613 Pts	64-Core 948 59% 948 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.1% Below average	Lighting 42.2 Reflection 45.6 Parallax 40.3 34% 42.7 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 41 Splatting 35.4 31% 37.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS3030 250GB SSD 8,682 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS303320 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1122 284 285 286 284 284 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 1302 Write 1,139 Mixed 1,088 SusWrite 424 221% 988 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 57.3 200% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 744 DQ Write 564 DQ Mixed 694 508% 667 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 214%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 9GB free Firmware: PMAP SusWrite @10s intervals: 3 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	8.14% Terrible	Read 23.1 Write 18.5 Mixed 8.7 SusWrite 3.5 10% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 233% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.14% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3333 C16 1x16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.5% Below average	MC Read 16 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 11.4 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 14.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 60%

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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%

Destroyer

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	766x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	198x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	118x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	116x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	88x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16