Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '16 at 16:59
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 694 67% 552 Pts	64-Core 854 53% 854 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1777 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 79.6 Reflection 83.9 Parallax 80.9 65% 81.5 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 66.3 59% 72.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 79GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 48 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 176 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 25 (A3) Unknown 100 100 308 (94) Unknown 100 100 6592 (95) Unknown 100 100 110 (96) Unknown 100 100 29 (97) Unknown 100 100 89 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2063 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46360567545889 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8743 (F2) Unknown 100 100 25151 (F5) Unknown 100 100 12184 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13184 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	73.6% Very good	Read 491 Write 255 Mixed 272 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 21.6 94% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 47.1 84% 169 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4866 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 720 (B1) Unknown 98 98 74 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 56 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18586626340	96% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 470 Mixed 491 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 25 125% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 63.1 86% 160 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 79GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 1248 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1024 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34737519 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3304 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 947 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 638779429 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 68719476773 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 33 1248 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 109667694939419 (F1) Unknown 100 253 162467364 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3779790048	52.2% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 91.4 Mixed 92.4 69% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.72 123% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 58GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 180757056 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 699 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 32830605 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4846 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 706 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 622067748 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8667 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 73014444068 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 125898376352789 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20695746880 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1667452578174	75.7% Very good	Read 103 Write 160 Mixed 121 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.95 223% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 CMU32GX4M4C3000CT CMU32GX4M4C30T C15 32GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	122% Outstanding	MC Read 44.4 MC Write 54.8 MC Mixed 45.2 138% 48.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 20.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns

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Gaming 86%

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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	190x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	215x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	180x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16