Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 87.9%, 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	52% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	40.4 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '19 at 21:30
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 682 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 894 55% 894 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 111 Parallax 98.2 84% 104 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 90.8 76% 93.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 177 194 186 176 186 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 331 Write 233 Mixed 285 SusWrite 183 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 19.2 4K Mixed 21.7 67% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 87.2 DQ Mixed 96.6 84% 129 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 462GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 103 100 97 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 99.2 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 101 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 68%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 13GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.3 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 57.8 Write 6.2 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 7.7 18% 20 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 6x8GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 6 of 8 slots used 48GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 46.7 MC Write 45.3 MC Mixed 46.4 132% 46.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 24.3 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 119%

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

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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	764x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 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 $195Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16