Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.2% 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	75.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	44.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 16 '20 at 19:05
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 778 73% 606 Pts	64-Core 1,327 82% 1,327 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.2% Above average	Lighting 64.9 Reflection 61.7 Parallax 48 53% 58.2 fps	MRender 64.2 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 66.7 54% 65.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 237 186 191 198 183 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 396 Write 296 Mixed 314 SusWrite 205 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 32.1 119% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 136 132% 207 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 105%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 720GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 113 113 114 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 113 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 98%
WD WD8001FFWX-68J1UN0 8TB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 144 148 146 147 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 155 Write 166 Mixed 73 SusWrite 146 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.7 212% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 118GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 113 115 117 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 106 Write 81 Mixed 71 SusWrite 115 69% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 113%
Sony Storage Media 64GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 30GB free, PID 02a5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 4.1 5.9 4.3 5.7 4.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	5.49% Terrible	Read 21 Write 1.8 Mixed 5.8 SusWrite 4.5 8% 8.27 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.49% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x16GB 1,040 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 49.2 MC Write 52.2 MC Mixed 44.9 139% 48.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 20 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 119%

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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	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