Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	262% 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	64GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	58.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170810
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '23 at 07:50
Run Duration	346 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 266 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 800 79% 648 Pts	64-Core 980 61% 980 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2622 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 133 Parallax 122 106% 128 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 131 Splatting 111 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHGP31-500GM-2 500GB 2,984 User benchmarks, average bench 300% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: 41060C20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1170 1000 1001 993 990 990 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,650 Write 2,247 Mixed 1,709 SusWrite 1,024 426% 1,907 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 73.7 236% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 496 DQ Write 376 DQ Mixed 496 355% 456 MB/s
Poor: 208% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 370%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 363GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 589 739 744 743 745 745 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1036 Write 850 Mixed 580 SusWrite 717 178% 796 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 51.7 173% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 318 240% 323 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 445%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 218GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 590 315 305 305 304 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 1020 Write 844 Mixed 606 SusWrite 354 157% 706 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 49.8 169% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 334 251% 335 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 233GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1356 312 312 312 311 312 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,998 Write 1,460 Mixed 651 SusWrite 486 254% 1,148 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 47.5 177% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 545 DQ Write 419 DQ Mixed 542 389% 502 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$63 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 86 90 88 90 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 48.5 Write 86.4 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 90 53% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.4 188% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 90%
H/W RAID10 2TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 336GB free Firmware: 0960 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 143 173 202 189 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 405 Write 20.7 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 178 114% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D30AETA.K16FE 8x8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	MC Read 50.3 MC Write 60.5 MC Mixed 54.6 158% 55.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 23 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 153%

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Motherboard: Asus X99-A II - $294

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	706x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	197x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	217x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	183x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	111x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	67x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $100Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	42x

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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $677

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16