Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	194% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 02:12
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 230 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 824 81% 660 Pts	64-Core 1,031 64% 1,031 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1623 MHz, MLim: 1783 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Lighting 86.4 Reflection 94.3 Parallax 81.7 70% 87.5 fps	MRender 86.3 Gravity 80.1 Splatting 74.9 65% 80.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,497 Write 1,272 Mixed 1,327 304% 1,365 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 30 181% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 42.1 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 29.3 40% 70.2 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 283%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 908GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 170 2066 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1757 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1031 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 429 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20032 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 30 (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 200 199 13 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 2312 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1856223341 (F2) Unknown 200 200 2652848282	94.4% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 158 Mixed 155 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.35 134% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 775 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2477 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 24.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 87%

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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	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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $906

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