Asus X99-A II

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '16 at 23:08
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 289 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 865 88% 709 Pts	64-Core 1096 68% 1096 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 605GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 105 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 43 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 68 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 788652181	115% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 409 Mixed 414 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 50.2 183% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 133 149% 255 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 88 88 33759046 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 -3693671854459 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2722 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 181 (B1) Unknown 0 0 12 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 33759046 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 33759046 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 33759046 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 38139 (EA) Unknown 0 0 33414 (F1) Unknown 0 0 33414 (F2) Unknown 0 0 49819	58% Above average	Read 195 Write 169 Mixed 138 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 18 112% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 37.2 63% 121 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 30 (03) Spinup time 207 164 4625 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11591 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24433 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3204 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 115 115 257610 (C2) HDA temperature 120 82 30 (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 5	56% Above average	Read 102 Write 92.6 Mixed 88.7 71% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 173 173 7485 (03) Spinup time 211 167 4425 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13559 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3204 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 325 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 76604 (C2) HDA temperature 123 86 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 288 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 156 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 190 190 2837	28.2% Poor	Read 34.9 Write 63.1 Mixed 49.9 37% 49.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.13 57% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 67%
Seagate ST1000NM0011 1TB 6,787 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 321GB free Firmware: SN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 93666296 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5725 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 14 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 90276932053 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2298 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 49 487850010 (BF) G-sense error rate 96 96 8056 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 205 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10159 (C2) HDA temperature 26 51 51539607578 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 115 99 93666296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	66.7% Good	Read 122 Write 111 Mixed 103 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.45 102% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 16GB 2000, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.5% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 23.8 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 77%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-A II - $294

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	694x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	193x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	188x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	213x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	180x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	67x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	63x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	40x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	29x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	23x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $881

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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