Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	201% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '20 at 21:42
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.25 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 1,000 89% 751 Pts	64-Core 1,311 81% 1,311 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Lighting 48.7 Reflection 46.3 Parallax 41.1 40% 45.4 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 37.6 32% 39.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 859 627 300 301 301 304 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,541 Write 1,220 Mixed 534 SusWrite 449 208% 936 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 56.1 230% 89.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,022 DQ Write 896 DQ Mixed 816 651% 911 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-3000 CL16 4GB 4x4GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 48.5 MC Write 47.6 MC Mixed 38.5 128% 44.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%

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

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Gaming 86%

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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 $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	702x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	196x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	190x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	216x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	182x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	111x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	67x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	41x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	29x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	23x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $682

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16