Asus X99-S

Performance Results


Gaming 179% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 161% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	206% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	174% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-S (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '23 at 10:03
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (96^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 206 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 736 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 921 57% 921 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	206% Outstanding	Lighting 304 Reflection 273 Parallax 311 248% 296 fps	MRender 347 Gravity 251 Splatting 180 203% 259 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 277 277 275 270 269 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 2,173 Write 1,336 Mixed 912 SusWrite 302 260% 1,181 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 51.3 163% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 443 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 405 302% 402 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 280%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 710GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 154 152 152 156 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 163 Mixed 115 SusWrite 154 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 628GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 183 184 183 186 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 168 Mixed 143 SusWrite 184 126% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 596GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 142 131 132 136 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 79.1 Write 96.1 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 136 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.5 242% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 2,538 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 43.2 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 41 121% 42.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 22 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

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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	71	59	144	31.5"	1280 720	SAM0E14 C32HG7x

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Typical X99-S Builds (Compare 390 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 99%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 87%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus X99-S

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	211x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	81x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	52x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	32x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	26x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	29x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $102Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	38x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GBCorsairBench 89%, 2,538 samples	15x
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	13x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $774

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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