Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


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 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.1% 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	222% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 21:42
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 123 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 766 76% 621 Pts	64-Core 968 60% 968 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.7% 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: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 118 Parallax 115 91% 115 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 94.3 79% 97.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,666 Write 1,352 Mixed 1,438 331% 1,485 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 40.3 213% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 54 DQ Write 386 DQ Mixed 39.8 84% 160 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 232GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13447 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1322 (B1) Unknown 96 96 64 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 47 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24470413691	104% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 411 Mixed 421 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 27.3 149% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 116 142% 252 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 32 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 25.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 22 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 103%

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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	762x
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	114x
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 $130Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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