Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	83.9% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	21.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '19 at 19:34
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 213 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 604 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 64.8 Parallax 63.3 90% 79.5 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 111 Splatting 93 82% 101 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 224 92 85 83 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 380 Write 379 Mixed 321 SusWrite 150 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 40.6 141% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 350 264% 355 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 134%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 77GB free Firmware: B1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 195 225 246 219 220 MB/s Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58% Above average	Read 207 Write 94.2 Mixed 170 SusWrite 227 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 20.6 83% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 208 165% 229 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 100%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 354 411 424 447 446 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 405 Write 396 Mixed 364 SusWrite 402 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 49.2 156% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 355 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 665GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 171 176 176 178 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 160 Mixed 82 SusWrite 176 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 31,785 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 52.8 MC Mixed 39.2 123% 43.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 119%

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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