Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% 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	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	12.7 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 19:01
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 90.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 260 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 784 81% 652 Pts	64-Core 1,030 64% 1,030 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% 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)	52.1% Above average	Lighting 65.1 Reflection 68.1 Parallax 61.2 53% 64.8 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 53.9 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.1% 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 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 159 Parallax 160 135% 161 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 141 Splatting 103 112% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 819 642 630 638 639 640 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,664 Write 1,102 Mixed 651 SusWrite 668 227% 1,021 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 54.5 188% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 938 DQ Write 1352 DQ Mixed 803 703% 1,031 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 254%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 56 62 61 60 55 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.3% Average	Read 420 Write 356 Mixed 323 SusWrite 60 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 0.6 76% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 2.6 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 115 80% 93.1 MB/s

Lio-org FILEIO 644GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 533GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 36 34 34 36 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.5% Below average	Read 68.3 Write 34.3 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 34 36% 48.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 6.4 1,092% 6.53 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.5% 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 (95^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 45 MC Mixed 35.3 113% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%

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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	192x

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 $330Bench 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 $120	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