Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.9% 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	106% 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 (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	59.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '18 at 18:53
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 124 2-Core 262 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 1,053 94% 792 Pts	64-Core 1,415 88% 1,415 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97% 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: 388.13 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 111 Parallax 110 85% 109 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 97 Splatting 86.9 75% 92.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 400 408 417 415 407 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 456 Mixed 361 SusWrite 408 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 41.9 148% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 341 260% 351 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 104GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1141 1132 1142 1173 1154 1154 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,243 Write 1,066 Mixed 654 SusWrite 1,149 231% 1028 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 50.8 186% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,028 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 469 413% 635 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 283%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 443GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 395 349 313 313 331 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 418 Write 313 Mixed 205 SusWrite 350 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 33.4 121% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 337 243% 315 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 104%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 101GB free Firmware: 4PC10365 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 135 135 134 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 252 Write 134 Mixed 142 SusWrite 135 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 20.3 71% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 72.5 DQ Mixed 64.9 59% 91.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 48%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 132GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 97 98 100 98 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 71.1 Write 18.1 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 96.9 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 59%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 362GB free Firmware: MN6OA5Q0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 122 127 127 127 127 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	68% Good	Read 111 Write 117 Mixed 71.6 SusWrite 125 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68% 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 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	MC Read 56.5 MC Write 55.9 MC Mixed 48.7 153% 53.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 23.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 136% 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	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