Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '18 at 16:07
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 199 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 654 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6171) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.8 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25887 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 830 (B1) Unknown 90 90 577 (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 64 49 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 52 (F1) Unknown 99 99 70940066369	94.1% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 293 Mixed 401 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 38.4 137% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 145 147% 240 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 610GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 79465696 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1359 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 49 49 7451924561709 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31128 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1317 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 454426651 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 635 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55306 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 73014444059 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 6734508744477 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34147907009 (F2) Unknown 100 253 99578776690	81.5% Excellent	Read 130 Write 153 Mixed 128 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.43 183% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 108%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 38GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7069 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 465 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 5313 (0A) Spinup retry count 109 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 465 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1787 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 188979740699 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 89 89 4781 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 564 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	61% Good	Read 119 Write 93.8 Mixed 140 90% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.04 61% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 104%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 21GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 109291984 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 719 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 53 52 1950018761013 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20835 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 721 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 53 420806681 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44260 (C2) HDA temperature 25 47 68719476761 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 19013820235981 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42526208591 (F2) Unknown 100 253 113491125952	44.9% Average	Read 74.8 Write 81.8 Mixed 93.9 63% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.17 52% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 24.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 20.8 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 111%

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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 $66Bench 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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	115x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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