Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.1% 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	139% 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	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '18 at 14:05
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 712 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 924 57% 924 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 110 Parallax 96.2 89% 105 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 99.3 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
S3u3 SSD 128GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 101GB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 415 Write 356 Mixed 374 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 34.1 4K Mixed 7.56 55% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 50.3 DQ Mixed 13.7 28% 57.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 60%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 1,949 Write 350 Mixed 746 219% 1,015 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 25 125% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 86.3 DQ Mixed 18.5 25% 44.4 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 283%
G-drive USB 4TB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3.5TB free Firmware: 2602 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 169 Mixed 151 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.25 117% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 132%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 596GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 155 5025 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2393 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 11 11 64999 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2330 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 454 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2393 (C2) HDA temperature 98 82 49 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.1% Average	Read 88.9 Write 82.2 Mixed 76.2 62% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.37 91% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 62%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 825 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 416GB free Firmware: 040B Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 91.3 Mixed 101 75% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 6.47 4K Mixed 0.59 203% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 89%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 364GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 162 6700 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2174 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1645 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2174 (C2) HDA temperature 103 86 47 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 0	31.5% Below average	Read 52.7 Write 56.8 Mixed 56.3 42% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.7% Very good	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 26.8 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 22.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 114%

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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	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