Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.6% 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	74.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 17:27
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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-$78 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 88.2 2-Core 174 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 549 53% 438 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 112 Parallax 91.3 81% 101 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 99 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 47.2 Reflection 45.9 Parallax 40.7 38% 44.6 fps	MRender 35 Gravity 41.8 Splatting 36.1 31% 37.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 741GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 0 0 47 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 55 193273528361 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 685667970 (F7) Unknown 100 100 11215748 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1361554	74.6% Very good	Read 518 Write 390 Mixed 416 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 21.6 93% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29 DQ Write 67.1 DQ Mixed 19.4 23% 38.5 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 125%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 855GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 165 6450 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2385 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13690 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2297 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 364 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2020 (C2) HDA temperature 119 101 31 (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	68.3% Good	Read 110 Write 128 Mixed 142 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.06 23% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 610GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85887411 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1964 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 48 48 1301392503857 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 790 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 29 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 54 521797658 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 77309411354 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 18 85887411 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -128823249070059 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3504161929 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2773403318	21.1% Poor	Read 58.7 Write 14.4 Mixed 49.1 31% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.24 75% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 328GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2100 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1045 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3500 (C2) HDA temperature 115 94 28 (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	92.3% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 139 Mixed 132 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.23 97% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 2,543 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 47.3 MC Mixed 33 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 116%

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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 $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	694x
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: 61% - Good

Total price: $881

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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