Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	108% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	48.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '19 at 16:02
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.1 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 105 2-Core 223 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 739 71% 588 Pts	64-Core 907 56% 907 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 148 Parallax 137 112% 141 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 136 Splatting 109 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 327 265 262 259 262 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 471 Mixed 385 SusWrite 283 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 53.8 180% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 308 238% 327 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Seagate BUP SL 5TB 1,348 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 110 112 110 116 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 104 Write 115 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 111 22% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.7 5% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 13%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 361GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 97 96 100 99 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 79.5 Write 108 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 98.8 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 112%
WD WD2003FZEX-00Z4SA0 4TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 38GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 75 79 77 75 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 42.8 Write 64.3 Mixed 49 SusWrite 75.2 43% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.4 157% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 76% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 88GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 81 79 85 83 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 57.5 Write 69 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 81.8 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 0.4 174% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 168GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 163 164 161 163 164 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 134 Write 111 Mixed 64 SusWrite 163 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 16GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 56 57 56 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 62 Write 52.5 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 56.4 40% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 76%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0107 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 35.5 Write 37.5 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 40.3 27% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 193% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 67%
Seagate BUP RD 5TB 1,206 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 843GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 112 109 114 112 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 66.2 Write 79.7 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 110 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.5 161% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 68%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 74 76 65 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 72.3 Write 56.5 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 72.5 83% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 41% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 1,054 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	MC Read 46.7 MC Write 62.1 MC Mixed 50.9 152% 53.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 21.8 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 131%

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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 $40Bench 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 $40	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