Asus X99-S

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.6% 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	187% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-S (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '19 at 04:47
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 207 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 818 73% 616 Pts	64-Core 1,110 69% 1,110 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.72 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 95.6 Parallax 95.4 85% 98.4 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 91.8 Splatting 82.1 75% 93.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1422 586 594 593 592 597 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,286 Write 1,854 Mixed 1,371 SusWrite 731 296% 1,310 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 58 190% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 886 DQ Write 530 DQ Mixed 716 531% 711 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 262%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 465GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 432 422 431 429 430 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 431 Mixed 330 SusWrite 430 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 43.5 148% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 207 176% 255 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 930GB free Firmware: UH4400RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 312 282 197 200 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 441 Write 372 Mixed 312 SusWrite 280 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 14.2 61% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 30.1 44% 83.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 204 202 204 204 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 144 Mixed 85 SusWrite 203 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x4GB 16,490 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 18 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 98%

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

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Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

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 $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $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