Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	May 04 '21 at 00:34
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 726 68% 567 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% 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 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.2% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 142 Parallax 97.9 65% 107 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 91.5 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 432 420 348 254 226 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 436 Mixed 413 SusWrite 352 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 42.6 137% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 215 184% 273 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 133%
Patriot Memory 32GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 29GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.6 5.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	4.89% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 4.7 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 4.8 8% 7.62 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.89% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 23.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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 $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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $357

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