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 above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	155% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '17 at 20:01
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 234 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 752 72% 597 Pts	64-Core 948 59% 948 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%

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: 1583 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 112 Reflection 119 Parallax 107 92% 113 fps	Gravity 104 Splatting 91.8 86% 97.9 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 999GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 598% 862GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 893 Write 925 Mixed 897 203% 905 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 39.8 144% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 448 DQ Write 378 DQ Mixed 158 188% 328 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 766%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 802GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 175 1966 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2702 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8282 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 756 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2618 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 32 (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	96.6% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 171 Mixed 160 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.37 142% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 38.5 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 115%

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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	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 $245Bench 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 $40
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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16