Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	84.1% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '17 at 03:42
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 224 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 772 76% 623 Pts	64-Core 935 58% 935 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 34FC) 1GB CLim: 715 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Lighting 13.6 Reflection 17.5 Parallax 13.6 11% 14.9 fps	MRender 21.1 Gravity 11.8 Splatting 17.6 14% 16.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 314GB free Firmware: X211T0RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4729 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1929 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 187 (A8) Unknown 100 100 28 (A9) Unknown 100 100 3398 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 70 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 23 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 44 188979609638 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1648 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1135 (F2) Unknown 253 253 875 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	98.1% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 479 Mixed 456 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 24.8 122% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 61.9 106% 208 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 114%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 969 Write 285 Mixed 398 120% 550 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 11.5 91% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 63.1 DQ Mixed 11.8 19% 34.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 133%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 606GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6458 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10181 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5525 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 396 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9784 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 165 2693 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.9% Above average	Read 111 Write 97.8 Mixed 104 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.51 118% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 238GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7958 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3890 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7884 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3628 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2003 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1885 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 23 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51% Above average	Read 88.4 Write 88.9 Mixed 83.3 65% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.46 143% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 53GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123461000 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8350 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 4298539696 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4007 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 64425492498 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 62 58 639762470 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 243 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8685 (C2) HDA temperature 38 42 55834574886 (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 59111634897386 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17278616539 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9074094817	67.1% Good	Read 137 Write 97.3 Mixed 117 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 113%
Patriot Supersonic Xpress USB 3.0 32GB-$8 268 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 25GB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 79.3 Write 18.1 Mixed 27.9 42% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.65 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 33% 2.89 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 31 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 22.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 18.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 88%

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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	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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $887

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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