Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 14:23
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 82.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 230 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 824 80% 656 Pts	64-Core 1,277 79% 1,277 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 114 Parallax 100 79% 104 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 88.3 76% 94.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 480GB 4,519 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 158 123 173 147 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 435 Write 387 Mixed 372 SusWrite 176 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 34.2 122% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 247 203% 289 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 95%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 0GB free Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,266 Write 1,270 Mixed 715 241% 1,084 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 49.4 181% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 963 DQ Write 423 DQ Mixed 617 478% 668 MB/s
Poor: 136% Great: 262%
Samsung 850 Evo 4TB-$470 765 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 3TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 433 422 412 426 429 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 450 Mixed 407 SusWrite 422 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 42.6 154% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 352 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 153 153 153 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 158 Mixed 110 SusWrite 152 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 98%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 90 90 90 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 168 Write 132 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 89.7 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 98%
VendorCo ProductCode 32GB 325 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 25GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 1.8 2.4 7.1 4.7 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	8.78% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 9 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 4.9 10% 9.08 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2.4 144% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 8.78% Great: 10%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 14GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 41.6 Write 13.6 Mixed 16.6 SusWrite 15.2 25% 21.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.9 68% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 33%
Lexar SD WorkflowSR1 128GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 68GB free, PID ba03 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 87 87 86 86 86 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 88.8 Write 86.5 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 85.4 97% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 91% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 44%
Lexar SD WorkflowSR1 128GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 83GB free, PID ba03 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 87 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 89.5 Write 79.2 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 85.3 95% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 44%
Lexar SD WorkflowSR1 128GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 88GB free, PID ba03 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 83 82 83 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 89.7 Write 81.4 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 82.5 104% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 5.2 336% 5.37 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 51.1 MC Write 53.2 MC Mixed 44.6 142% 49.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 21.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 115%

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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	759x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	194x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $371

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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