Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 78% 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 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.62% 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	72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	May 01 '24 at 23:43
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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 i7-5820K-$110 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 87 2-Core 199 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 624 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 525 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 546.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	9.62% Terrible	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 4.5 Parallax 9.1 11% 9.03 fps	MRender 2.7 Gravity 11.9 Splatting 9.8 7% 8.13 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 9.62% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TB 8,872 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 713GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 403 308 337 338 351 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 340 Write 371 Mixed 199 SusWrite 357 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 34.1 4K Mixed 25.5 88% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 168 137% 200 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 117%
Wd_black AN1500 1TB 706 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 16GB free Firmware: 10271043 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,414 Write 1870 Mixed 1,327 345% 1537 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 36.1 119% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 508 DQ Write 98.5 DQ Mixed 123 137% 243 MB/s
Poor: 164% Great: 356%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 166GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 123 119 120 120 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 146 Write 102 Mixed 98.1 SusWrite 121 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 101%
WD Red 10TB (2017)-$419 1,763 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 270GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 166 169 163 167 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 175 Mixed 96.1 SusWrite 166 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.1 301% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB 785 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 46.2 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 45.5 129% 45.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 23.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 130%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 1: 0P 0R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
1%	20%	5	54	25	60	26.9"	1280 720	GBT2707 AORUS FI27Q-P

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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 $100Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	721x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	199x
Core i7-5820KIntel $110Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	198x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	221x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	185x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	113x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	43x

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	20x

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Total price: $683

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