Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	71% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '17 at 01:19
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 244 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 765 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 973 60% 973 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2507 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 152 Parallax 144 119% 147 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 139 Splatting 108 96% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	71% Very good	Read 169 Write 176 Mixed 289 48% 211 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 35.3 122% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 140 163% 280 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 144%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 43GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1419 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 699 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 69 61 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7503143681	91% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 407 Mixed 420 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 33.7 112% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 111 119% 200 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 134%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 36GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3293 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1488 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4297982613 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 73 453902363 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 148890 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 92 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 148890 (F2) Unknown 100 100 222329	76.8% Very good	Read 495 Write 278 Mixed 355 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 26.4 99% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 104 110% 181 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 763GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85904224 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2376 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 8677686218 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5288 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2372 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 228 (BE) vendor-specific 69 64 521535519 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19639 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 68719476767 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -122269128977778 (F1) Unknown 100 253 108646169120 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36849984763	78.1% Very good	Read 135 Write 137 Mixed 135 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.31 80% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 4,019 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	MC Read 48 MC Write 62.8 MC Mixed 51.3 154% 54 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 23.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 113%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical X99-A II Builds (Compare 1,377 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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	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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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