Asus X99-PRO/USB 3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	234% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-PRO/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	56.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160818
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '16 at 23:25
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 203 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 725 67% 561 Pts	64-Core 1,042 64% 1,042 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2977) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 61 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 58.3 50% 62.3 fps	Gravity 54.8 Splatting 56.2 49% 55.5 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 773GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3830 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1322 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 72 53 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 778 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15414189587
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,191 Write 1,204 Mixed 1,425 355% 1,607 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 54.3 194% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 146 150% 249 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 283%
WD Red Pro 4TB (2014)-$189 679 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 153 10375 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1235 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3774 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1233 (10) Unknown 13 187 236667739796 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 939 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2144 (C2) HDA temperature 119 113 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.2% Very good	Read 146 Write 123 Mixed 121 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.33 121% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 101%
WD Red Pro 4TB (2014)-$189 679 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 155 10375 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1235 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3786 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1232 (10) Unknown 13 187 235403990958 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 937 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3091 (C2) HDA temperature 118 113 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.5% Excellent	Read 144 Write 144 Mixed 136 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.29 108% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 8x8GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	MC Read 55 MC Write 45 MC Mixed 50.5 143% 50.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 22.7 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 127%

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-PRO/USB 3.1 - $394

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	228x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	103x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	53x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	40x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	39x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	15x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GBCorsair $140Bench 87%, 4,858 samples	13x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	13x

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Value: 43% - Average

Total price: $1,178

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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16