Asus X99-A/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 (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	84% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '20 at 17:37
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 80.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 238 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 725 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 923 57% 923 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 94 124 127 150 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 850 Write 526 Mixed 214 SusWrite 167 97% 439 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 20.5 102% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 108 109% 180 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 159%
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 75GB free Firmware: SBFM21.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 227 221 227 222 265 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 406 Write 197 Mixed 293 SusWrite 237 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 21.4 104% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 154 144% 220 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 442GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 126 123 123 123 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 173 Write 144 Mixed 73 SusWrite 123 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 109%
Apple HDD HTS727575A9E362 750GB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 408GB free Firmware: JF4AD0N0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 20 35 35 35 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 71.6 Write 31.3 Mixed 36.9 SusWrite 31.8 32% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 90% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 4x8GB 328 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 50.5 MC Mixed 40.3 125% 43.9 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 21.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

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Gaming 65%

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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	762x
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	114x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	87x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $357

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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