Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.4% 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	192% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	88.4 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '23 at 06:35
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 213 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 687 65% 537 Pts	64-Core 946 59% 946 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 98%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.58 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 132 Parallax 135 98% 129 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 127 Splatting 112 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 110%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 537.58 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.4% Good	Lighting 72.5 Reflection 90.8 Parallax 77.2 59% 80.2 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 69.6 66% 81.8 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 662GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1206 976 928 939 956 958 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,838 Write 1,401 Mixed 1,242 SusWrite 994 306% 1,369 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 43.6 136% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 409 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 342 254% 340 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 372%
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 8TB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 6TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 211 213 215 211 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 192 Mixed 103 SusWrite 211 131% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 1 287% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 311GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 73 72 73 73 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 51.9 SusWrite 72.3 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 75%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 153GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 112 102 87 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 112 Write 114 Mixed 82 SusWrite 105 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 8x16GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 46.2 MC Write 47.7 MC Mixed 41.9 129% 45.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 18.8 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 161%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	203	32	0	27"	1280 720	SAM07CE SMS27A350H

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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	764x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	195x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	91x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	118x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	115x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16