Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	140% 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	253% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 21:50
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 280 91% 166 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 913 92% 746 Pts	64-Core 1,145 71% 1,145 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3028 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 199 Reflection 213 Parallax 207 162% 206 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 194 Splatting 131 125% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 453GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,090 Write 1,674 Mixed 1,621 399% 1,795 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 53.7 209% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 42.7 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 25.4 36% 63.5 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 353%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 222GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4159956 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 114374979094338 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1064 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 267 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 38 51542097951 (C2) HDA temperature 31 38 51542097951 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4159956 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4159956 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4159956 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19719 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16116 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16116 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13590 (F4) Unknown 98 98 6750276	44.3% Average	Read 494 Write 145 Mixed 225 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 14.4 4K Mixed 8.95 44% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 74.1 DQ Write 41.8 DQ Mixed 9.01 20% 41.6 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 649GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 168 2091 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1007 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1856 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 996 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 90 67 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 62 572653602 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1063 (C2) HDA temperature 109 105 34 (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	92.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 157 Mixed 144 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.33 111% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 77GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 211 211 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3682 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 4545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2385 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 208080 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 197569151004 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	37% Below average	Read 77.9 Write 50.9 Mixed 49.2 44% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.16 53% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2148 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.8 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 19.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 80%

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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	693x
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: 62% - Good

Total price: $906

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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