Asus X99-A II

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory64GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus X99-A II  (all builds)
Memory53.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161108
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateOct 03 '17 at 09:08
Run Duration91 Seconds
Run User BGD-User
Background CPU 12%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115
SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
83.3% Excellent
Memory 77.8
1-Core 123
2-Core 235
80% 145 Pts
4-Core 478
8-Core 708
74% 593 Pts
64-Core 902
56% 902 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 83.3%
Great: 93%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 153
Parallax 130
115% 141 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 136
Splatting 111
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
606GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Read 147
Write 146
Mixed 135
107% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.61
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.19
80% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-2400 4x16GB
4 of 8 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
106% Outstanding
MC Read 38.4
MC Write 49.5
MC Mixed 38
120% 42 GB/s
SC Read 12.6
SC Write 19.4
SC Mixed 18.9
48% 17 GB/s
Latency 84.7
47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 106%
Great: 106%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X99-A II Builds (Compare 1,380 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus X99-A II - $294

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $736
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