Asus X99-A II

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

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

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 04:31
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 119 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 686 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 96.7 Reflection 102 Parallax 93.1 79% 97.1 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 90.3 Splatting 86.2 73% 89.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 46.6 Reflection 43 Parallax 38.8 38% 42.8 fps	MRender 35.8 Gravity 39.8 Splatting 35.6 30% 37.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 608GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 233950242 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1805 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 48 48 1267032253182 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3273 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 715 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 29 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 572129312 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 18 233950242 (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 17995912975414 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3349261055 (F2) Unknown 100 253 668065467	53.8% Above average	Read 109 Write 78.9 Mixed 85.4 68% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.55 116% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 68%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 446GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 165 6566 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2310 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12885 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2222 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 358 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1951 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 35 (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	79.5% Very good	Read 143 Write 134 Mixed 114 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.85 4K Mixed 0.19 95% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 373GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2014 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5632 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 970 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3314 (C2) HDA temperature 110 94 33 (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	97% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 157 Mixed 136 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.26 108% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS547564A9E384 640GB 14,066 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 710GB free Firmware: JEDOA50A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 176 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 6436 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 13622 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3293 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 98 60130066434 (BC) Unknown 100 98 3 (BE) vendor-specific 72 43 438108188 (BF) G-sense error rate 82 82 4724 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7012459 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 248194 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	39% Below average	Read 64.2 Write 71.7 Mixed 71 52% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.15 55% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 2,543 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 32.1 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.8 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 116%

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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	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