Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.7% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '18 at 22:06
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 779 78% 636 Pts	64-Core 1,015 63% 1,015 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1597 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 131 Parallax 113 91% 118 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 104 Splatting 92.3 81% 99.8 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 640 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 73 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 51 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6484061916	96.7% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 404 Mixed 418 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 28 151% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 43.9 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 105 97% 141 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 134%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 141GB free Firmware: 2BC10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 128 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 88 74 3862 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3741 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12762 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1643 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 197569019937 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 211 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 351 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 380199	42.2% Average	Read 70.9 Write 76.2 Mixed 111 66% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.27 74% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 70%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 121GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 1 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7424 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3553 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28987 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1288 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 137425 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 7 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 31 (C2) HDA temperature 142 106 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 137425 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 32	29.7% Poor	Read 55.2 Write 48.3 Mixed 60 41% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 78GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7360 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6933 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9118 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3085 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 104447 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 15 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 31 (C2) HDA temperature 142 88 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 104447 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	27.5% Poor	Read 38.1 Write 57.5 Mixed 58.8 39% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 44%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 54GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 37 (03) Spinup time 139 135 4033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 848 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 407 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 768 (C2) HDA temperature 105 94 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	63.2% Good	Read 116 Write 104 Mixed 78.4 74% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.28 91% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 47GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 135 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 754 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43227 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 456 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 649 (C2) HDA temperature 107 92 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 81.8 Mixed 79.7 67% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.34 85% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 40GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 93 81 213977704 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 34873724128 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2831 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3344 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 555679777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 533 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 47149 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 38654705697 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 98 128 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 98 128 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -39414914860611 (F1) Unknown 100 253 79365957597 (F2) Unknown 100 253 135876392975	66.2% Good	Read 116 Write 115 Mixed 99.4 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.22 65% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAD1 4x4GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 36 111% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 21.6 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 77%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus X99-A II - $294

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	693x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	193x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	188x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	213x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	180x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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