Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	161% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 14:51
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 861 86% 701 Pts	64-Core 1,066 66% 1,066 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 154 Parallax 131 117% 143 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 112 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1,604 Write 749 Mixed 891 238% 1,081 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 27.9 157% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 41.6 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 25.7 47% 87.4 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 32GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9047 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1485 (B1) Unknown 98 98 104 (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 75 58 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 60 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12151060467	104% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 429 Mixed 408 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 35.6 138% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 133 153% 262 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 119%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 15GB free Firmware: 2.13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 -3238405302671 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 8021 (AB) Unknown 0 0 4 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1058 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 4 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 30 128850985088 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12871 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9178 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9178 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15833	45.2% Average	Read 202 Write 77.8 Mixed 110 28% 130 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 15.4 100% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 79.7 DQ Write 76.8 DQ Mixed 27 34% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 292GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 2416 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2611 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10636 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1655 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2485 (C2) HDA temperature 121 101 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 2736 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.8% Good	Read 134 Write 106 Mixed 115 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.24 104% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 33.4 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 20 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 103%

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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	759x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	194x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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