Asus X99-S

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 54% 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-S (all builds)
Memory	40.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 18:46
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	PSE-User
Background CPU	36%

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 Xeon E5-2670 v3 3,953 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	45.8% Average	Memory 42.1 1-Core 75.5 2-Core 145 48% 87.4 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 509 46% 387 Pts	64-Core 849 52% 849 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% Sapphire(1DA2 E448) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.8.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 106 Reflection 136 Parallax 223 87% 155 fps	MRender 215 Gravity 113 Splatting 149 128% 159 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 192 170 171 180 187 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 334 Write 331 Mixed 275 SusWrite 190 64% 283 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 24.4 87% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 309 226% 297 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 124%
Seagate FireCuda 120 SSD ZA1000GM10001 1TB 477 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 826GB free Firmware: SU3SC013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 96 85 100 136 148 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	11.4% Very poor	Read 68.5 Write 54.9 Mixed 51.1 SusWrite 108 16% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 2.2 7% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 136%
Seagate FireCuda 120 SSD ZA1000GM10001 1TB 477 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 865GB free Firmware: SU3SC013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 27 27 25 25 25 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	3.86% Terrible	Read 47.5 Write 52.1 Mixed 122 SusWrite 25.3 14% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 1% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 3.86% Great: 136%
WD WD140EFFX-68VBXN0 14TB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 65GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 97 95 99 93 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 125 Write 138 Mixed 99.6 SusWrite 95.1 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 2.8 516% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 116%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 145 148 146 148 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 155 Write 154 Mixed 96.7 SusWrite 144 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 133 132 130 132 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 127 Write 128 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 130 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 75%
WD My Book Duo 25F6 16TB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 9.5TB free, PID 25f6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 190 180 186 191 197 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 291 Write 226 Mixed 194 SusWrite 188 292% 225 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.7 262% 6.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x16GB 9,153 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 30.9 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 15.2 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 193 21% 193 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 140%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 22: 2R 3G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
22%	17%	47	101	4	144	24.1"	1920 1080	SAM0E43 C24FG7x

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Gaming 99%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 87%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-S

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	211x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	81x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	52x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	32x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	26x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	29x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	38x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GBCorsairBench 89%, 2,538 samples	15x
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	13x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $774

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16