Asus X99-A II

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	41 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180419
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '20 at 22:00
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 (89^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 650 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 842 52% 842 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2725 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 148 Parallax 129 114% 139 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 138 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,411 Write 649 Mixed 708 202% 923 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 60 219% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 930 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 460 374% 550 MB/s
Poor: 136% Great: 262%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 21GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 480 Write 463 Mixed 388 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 54 183% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 355 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 145 147 148 148 149 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 154 Write 147 Mixed 40 SusWrite 147 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 138% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 52GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 103 102 99 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 117 Write 90 Mixed 74 SusWrite 101 70% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 114%
KINGWIN EZD-2535U3 2TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 61GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 41.5 Write 40.5 Mixed 37 SusWrite 41.7 55% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK32GX4M2A2133C13 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK32GX4M2A2133C13 64GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 16384, 8192, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 29.6 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns

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Typical X99-A II Builds (Compare 1,393 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	702x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	196x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	190x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	216x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	182x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	110x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	67x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	41x

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	19x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $686

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16