Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


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 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.3% 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	68.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '17 at 08:15
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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 i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 881 86% 704 Pts	64-Core 1,075 66% 1,075 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 93%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1617 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 126 Parallax 114 100% 121 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 111 Splatting 101 86% 106 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 87%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3960) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1717 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	9.34% Terrible	Lighting 3.2 Reflection 1.31 Parallax 2.31 3% 2.27 fps	MRender 0.43 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 35.9 22% 25.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 9.34% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 490 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 123 (A5) Unknown 100 100 167510474844 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 31 296352743462 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 128851509286 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 633 (EA) Unknown 100 100 866 (F1) Unknown 253 253 764 (F2) Unknown 253 253 692 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.5% Good	Read 506 Write 260 Mixed 318 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 6.7 83% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 7.39 62% 142 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 86%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 122052482 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 404 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 20670107 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 53244709569421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 505085981 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8672 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 85899345949 (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 -69406671502801 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2903447794 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5785753050	72.7% Very good	Read 114 Write 140 Mixed 132 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 99%
Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 250GB 8,875 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 40GB free Firmware: PB2OC60F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 204 204 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2260 (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 63 63 16464 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1221 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 29 29 714844 (C2) HDA temperature 229 229 257697972248 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 23 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	25.6% Poor	Read 38.7 Write 50.5 Mixed 42.6 33% 43.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.32 68% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 45%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$27 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 20GB free Firmware: 05.06H05 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 161 2841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 151 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14608 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 154 (C2) HDA temperature 110 101 33 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.3% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 63.2 Mixed 62.1 48% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.4 102% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF Corsair CMU16GX4M2A2400C16 HMA451U6AFR8N-TF Corsair CMU16GX4M2A2400C16 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.6% Very good	MC Read 32 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 22.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 108%

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Gaming 65%

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Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	757x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	194x
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	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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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