Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '21 at 20:11
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 267 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 833 84% 679 Pts	64-Core 1,076 67% 1,076 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.3% Good	Lighting 73.8 Reflection 97.4 Parallax 84.7 60% 85.3 fps	MRender 86.3 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 85.8 72% 88.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 293 294 295 295 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 487 Mixed 392 SusWrite 310 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.2 201% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 424GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 459 469 465 477 478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 487 Mixed 420 SusWrite 467 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 61.4 206% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 350 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 136 139 137 138 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 150 Write 144 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 137 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 44.4 MC Write 46.9 MC Mixed 41 126% 44.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 23.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%

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Gaming 65%

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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	758x
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 $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 $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