Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.3% 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	100% 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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '17 at 04:26
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$143 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 92.7 2-Core 184 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 538 52% 429 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 107 Parallax 96.2 85% 102 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 94.5 Splatting 83.7 72% 88.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5551 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 86 (B1) Unknown 95 95 92 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 48 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33789999497	100% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 405 Mixed 415 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 33.7 140% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 23.7 90% 200 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 170GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 167 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2343 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22983 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 422 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2394 (C2) HDA temperature 121 96 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	87% Excellent	Read 177 Write 126 Mixed 130 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.26 117% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 109%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 250GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 4GB free Firmware: 1.0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 140 Write 150 Mixed 119 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.31 131% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 38.4 111% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 18.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 118%

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

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 71%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	771x
Core i7-5930KIntel $143Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	199x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	118x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	118x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	110x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	43x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	28x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GBCorsair $140Bench 87%, 4,858 samples	26x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $410

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