Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	216% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 18:57
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 (99^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 241 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 807 81% 659 Pts	64-Core 1,034 64% 1,034 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 65.5 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 61.3 53% 65.1 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 62.3 Splatting 53.9 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 54%
Nvidia RTX 2080-$270 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8662) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.2% Poor	Lighting 33 Reflection 38 Parallax 30.9 27% 34 fps	MRender 47 Gravity 33 Splatting 43.1 34% 41 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 778 641 643 644 640 628 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,652 Write 1,100 Mixed 586 SusWrite 662 222% 1,000 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 56.2 195% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 927 DQ Write 1,290 DQ Mixed 969 771% 1,062 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 254%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 56 56 51 51 51 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.2% Good	Read 422 Write 364 Mixed 333 SusWrite 54.2 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 36.6 122% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 196 148% 198 MB/s

Lio-org FILEIO 644GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 533GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 32 34 33 33 30 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 18% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905622-057.A00G 4x4GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 44.8 MC Mixed 35.3 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%

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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	706x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	197x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	217x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	183x
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
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $100Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	42x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	29x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	23x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $686

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $252	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16