Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.6% 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	88.4% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	125.1 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '18 at 20:18
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 790 79% 642 Pts	64-Core 969 60% 969 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 120 Parallax 102 92% 112 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 104 Splatting 107 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 960GB-$289 229 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 894GB free Firmware: CS221017 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2337 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1320 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1438 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1703973 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 206 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 26656	96.1% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 505 Mixed 508 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 13.5 112% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 13.3 83% 189 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 111%
PNY CS2211 960GB-$289 229 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 793GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221017 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2395 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1373 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 2286 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2621546 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 229 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 33752	88.4% Excellent	Read 528 Write 493 Mixed 505 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 13.7 107% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 13.2 50% 103 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 111%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7046 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 16 (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 100 100 16 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 193275232290 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 16 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 565 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 57% Great: 104%
Hitachi HDS5C4040ALE630 4TB 1,274 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2.5TB free Firmware: MPAOA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 99 (03) Spinup time 142 142 47275180546 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5054 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 42 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19194 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1265 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5210 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 210454315043 (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 0	70.9% Very good	Read 123 Write 124 Mixed 117 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.2 87% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2666 C15 Series 8x16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	126% Outstanding	MC Read 46 MC Write 55.1 MC Mixed 47.5 142% 49.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 22.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 126%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 77%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus X99-A II - $294

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	694x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	194x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	189x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	215x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	180x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $891

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16