Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.4% 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	207% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '17 at 10:00
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 230 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 726 73% 592 Pts	64-Core 944 58% 944 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1593 MHz, MLim: 1827 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 125 Parallax 112 98% 119 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 100 Splatting 83.1 76% 94.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$236 1,645 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: C2.1.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,501 Write 1,096 Mixed 1,266 286% 1,288 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 47.9 202% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 443 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 31.6 130% 290 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 184%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 96GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -86071143696525 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3519 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3061 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 977009 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 977009 (F2) Unknown 100 100 449060 (F9) Unknown 100 100 18734	71.1% Very good	Read 453 Write 122 Mixed 196 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 20.4 135% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 50.6 64% 114 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 80%
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 96GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 61976378096873 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2476 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 573 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 38 47 38657785894 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 38657785894 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2867 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2503 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2503 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8413	68.6% Good	Read 485 Write 131 Mixed 218 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 19.2 132% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 45.4 42% 62.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 569GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214537944 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2251 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31087641 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9860 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1609 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 61 21475166985 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 622854179 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 460 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8536 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 64424509475 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 150 239508 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -43426414319017 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20434655554 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24704753019	74.2% Very good	Read 116 Write 142 Mixed 133 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 5.25 4K Mixed 0.77 206% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 94%
SanDisk Cruzer 4GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 3GB free, PID 5506 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	8.3% Terrible	Read 29.2 Write 9.21 Mixed 14.4 19% 17.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.32 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 33% 2.79 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.3% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 49.4 MC Write 44.7 MC Mixed 51.1 138% 48.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 24.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 106%

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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	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	213x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $891

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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