Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	183% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	8.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '18 at 04:43
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 248 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 748 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 982 61% 982 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 146 Parallax 138 105% 138 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 124 Splatting 107 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 750 971 923 910 915 912 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 1,162 Write 986 Mixed 598 SusWrite 897 204% 911 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 45.7 173% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 369 348% 561 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$130 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 759GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 451 446 442 443 446 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 443 Mixed 366 SusWrite 436 96% 424 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 41.8 148% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 8,912 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 43.4 MC Write 54.2 MC Mixed 44 135% 47.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 17.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 125%

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

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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	704x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	197x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	191x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	217x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	182x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	111x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	67x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	41x

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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $686

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16