Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	206% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '17 at 11:25
Run Duration	381 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 247 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 1,042 95% 796 Pts	64-Core 1,432 89% 1,432 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2552 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 159 Parallax 137 127% 151 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 147 Splatting 116 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,910 Write 1,123 Mixed 1,134 306% 1,389 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 39.5 160% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 114 132% 232 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 191124288 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 884 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5674978 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2595 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 883 (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 66 56 639369250 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1504 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 68719476770 (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 -82055350187500 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17163737743 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22317918535	78.2% Very good	Read 161 Write 112 Mixed 146 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.14 61% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 113%
WD Blue SSHD 1TB (2015)-$22 867 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 861GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12074 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5389 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1933 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 893 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 35046 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	44.2% Average	Read 117 Write 35.1 Mixed 49.6 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 5.02 4K Mixed 0.28 159% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 721GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 97 172094328 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4274 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48227313 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3946 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 53 53 47 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098371 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 605880352 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 75928 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 68719476768 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -11544872079454 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23301245981 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41784311120	90.3% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 140 Mixed 129 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.23 69% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 203171416 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3219 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24540480 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2937 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 94 249115902071 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 47 589103134 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 654 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41716 (C2) HDA temperature 30 53 68719476766 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -40273908325816 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17353875318 (F2) Unknown 100 253 139422629586	66.4% Good	Read 119 Write 112 Mixed 88.1 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.14 62% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 96%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 618GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 17 (03) Spinup time 198 173 7100 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1774 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5850 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1690 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 749 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19915 (C2) HDA temperature 119 105 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	54.2% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 97.5 Mixed 75.9 66% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.17 56% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 96%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 380GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 174 5658 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2659 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8467 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2477 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 71444 (C2) HDA temperature 118 98 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	69% Good	Read 143 Write 98 Mixed 116 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.21 90% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 83%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 375GB free Firmware: 4004 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 205 198 4741 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 886 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2057 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 421 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5086 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	37.6% Below average	Read 69.9 Write 60.9 Mixed 1.49 32% 44.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 59%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 180GB free Firmware: LVM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 186248454 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 497 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6525408 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -101885214194938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 483 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 622657569 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1751 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 73014444065 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 100 100 -23308787514629 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	37.3% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 69.1 Mixed 46.1 44% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.34 87% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 2,740 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 49.1 MC Write 48.7 MC Mixed 39.6 131% 45.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 98%

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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