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 above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	193% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '18 at 21:08
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 255 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 776 80% 646 Pts	64-Core 990 61% 990 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.81 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete	Lighting 65 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 60.8 53% 64.5 fps	Gravity 62.1 Splatting 54 51% 58 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%
Nvidia RTX 2080-$389 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8662) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete	Lighting 32.7 Reflection 86.4 Parallax 155 27% 91.2 fps	Gravity 33 Splatting 43 34% 38 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 811 632 630 630 624 617 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,429 Write 894 Mixed 555 SusWrite 657 196% 884 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 42.4 143% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 954 DQ Write 1,339 DQ Mixed 952 774% 1,082 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 254%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 58 58 60 60 55 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.7% Very poor	Read 52.8 Write 87.5 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 59.2 16% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 5.2 29% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 9.3 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 210 136% 151 MB/s

Lio-org FILEIO 644GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 533GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 16 17 22 21 22 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 20.3 Mixed 1 SusWrite 19.1 14% 19.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 6.7 1,167% 6.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905622-057.A00G 4x4GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 45.4 MC Mixed 35.2 112% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

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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	701x
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	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16