Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	165% 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	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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 17:24
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 738 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 922 57% 922 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 145 Parallax 131 106% 135 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 137 Splatting 117 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 746 758 760 763 750 769 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,251 Write 782 Mixed 530 SusWrite 758 185% 830 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 46.2 172% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 106 145% 266 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 159%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 218GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 238 233 228 233 226 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 345 Write 271 Mixed 268 SusWrite 245 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 23.2 4K Mixed 27 94% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 91.2 DQ Mixed 108 91% 136 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 65%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 146 146 147 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 147 Write 150 Mixed 100 SusWrite 146 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 3GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 151 Write 99.8 Mixed 111 146% 121 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 4.5 286% 4.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 39%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 2GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 27 27 22 14 14 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 38.7 Write 26.9 Mixed 30.4 SusWrite 21.9 38% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 3.7 257% 4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C16 2x16GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.9 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 102%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	693x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	193x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	188x

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 $160Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $957

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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