Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.7% 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	84.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '19 at 16:04
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	73%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 91.9 2-Core 148 67% 109 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 266 36% 266 Pts	64-Core 277 17% 277 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 129 Parallax 130 81% 119 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 130 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 442GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 347 298 336 175 297 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 477 Write 414 Mixed 357 SusWrite 284 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 28.8 114% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 207 182% 271 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 108%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 20GB free Firmware: 10RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 384 Write 394 Mixed 295 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 17.3 104% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 107 111% 178 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 86%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 80GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 632 608 652 412 302 294 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 1,212 Write 957 Mixed 803 SusWrite 483 193% 864 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 27.4 110% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 680 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 449 339% 465 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 254%
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100 1TB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 912GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 110 110 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 102 Write 107 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 109 119% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-3200 4x8GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 30.1 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.9 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 111%

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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%

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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 $400Bench 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 $269	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