Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.9% 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	87.7% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	60.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '17 at 22:53
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 943 87% 728 Pts	64-Core 1,343 83% 1,343 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 98%

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: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 101 86% 107 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 89.2 76% 93.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 338GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 458 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 224 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 77 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 61 167504707610 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1544520919 (F7) Unknown 100 100 48315462 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2350829 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3574 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	65.4% Good	Read 473 Write 330 Mixed 338 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 12.5 69% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 49.8 DQ Mixed 12.2 41% 95.2 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 104%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 152GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 2,054 Write 1,436 Mixed 1,558 373% 1,683 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 29.6 125% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 39.6 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 141 114% 153 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 572 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 226 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 59 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4985671802	87.7% Excellent	Read 515 Write 491 Mixed 505 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 30.3 113% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 75.4 DQ Mixed 20.7 25% 42.8 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 124%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 110GB free Firmware: 4PC10365 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5604 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3287 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 122 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 406035 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 5542216 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 3 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 336305 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 406035 (F2) Unknown 100 100 405199	39.2% Below average	Read 260 Write 134 Mixed 172 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 14.8 64% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 36.5 DQ Mixed 12.8 14% 23 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 48%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 254GB free Firmware: MN6OA5Q0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 82 (03) Spinup time 133 100 34387919279 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10412 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 100 26 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11801 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3281 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 8903631700295 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 57 320536602 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10420 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10420 (C2) HDA temperature 230 139 184684380186 (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	63.7% Good	Read 115 Write 108 Mixed 91.8 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.33 86% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB-$351 1,197 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	141% Outstanding	MC Read 58 MC Write 58.8 MC Mixed 51.9 161% 56.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 22.3 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 172%

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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	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