Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.1% 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	91.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '23 at 22:22
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 79.7 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 214 73% 131 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 688 67% 550 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro W4300 229 User benchmarks, average bench 12% HP(103C 0B0C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 930 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 20.5 Parallax 15.7 8% 15.5 fps	MRender 20.3 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 17.8 14% 16.5 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 480GB-$198 165 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 413 418 430 443 441 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 371 Mixed 305 SusWrite 418 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 32 110% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 174 173% 277 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 97%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 32GB-$5 2,740 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 19GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 4.8 9.6 7.5 13 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 715 Write 1.8 SusWrite 9.2 163% 242 MB/s	4K Read 254 4K Mixed 0 1,411% 127 MB/s
Poor: 7% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 49.7 MC Mixed 38.7 122% 42.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.5 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 86%

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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	701x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	196x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	190x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	216x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	182x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	109x

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	41x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	29x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	23x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $686

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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