Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	161% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 17:34
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 810 79% 650 Pts	64-Core 985 61% 985 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% 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 129 Reflection 144 Parallax 132 105% 135 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 136 Splatting 120 102% 125 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: 711 739 761 769 774 777 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1,205 Write 762 Mixed 526 SusWrite 755 181% 812 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 47.2 167% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 107 143% 260 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 159%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 218GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 236 227 249 256 257 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 358 Write 263 Mixed 276 SusWrite 250 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 23.9 4K Mixed 27.2 95% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 104 89% 136 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 65%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 145 146 147 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 149 Write 150 Mixed 96.5 SusWrite 146 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.9% 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 143 Write 97.8 Mixed 109 142% 117 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% 3GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 28 21 14 16 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 39 Write 26.2 Mixed 30.6 SusWrite 22.2 38% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 4.2 291% 4.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 23.4% 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 2933 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 30.9 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.7% 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	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 $45Bench 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 $295	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 $45	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