Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.6% 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	96.8% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	58 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161005
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '17 at 20:42
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 866 80% 669 Pts	64-Core 1,278 79% 1,278 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 101 86% 107 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 87.5 76% 93.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 360GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 100 100 225 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 66 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 61 167504707614 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1419502856 (F7) Unknown 100 100 44397633 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1815774 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3574 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	69.3% Good	Read 487 Write 217 Mixed 342 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 15.1 93% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 41.2 76% 154 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 104%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 280GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,355 Write 1,479 Mixed 1,681 407% 1,838 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 51.5 209% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 50.9 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 34.7 49% 86.4 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 283%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 111GB free Firmware: 4PC10365 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5432 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3210 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 53 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 405843 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 5543526 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 3 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 325941 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 405843 (F2) Unknown 100 100 405065	40% Average	Read 261 Write 135 Mixed 166 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 11.6 68% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 44.4 DQ Mixed 14.7 16% 26.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 48%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 333 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 149 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 69 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 65 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1633151303	96.8% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 505 Mixed 508 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 26.2 140% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 38.4 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 138 89% 99.6 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 315GB free Firmware: MN6OA5Q0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 82 (03) Spinup time 139 100 34387984779 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 100 26 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11561 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3204 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 8903631700295 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 454885405 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10227 (C2) HDA temperature 206 139 184684380189 (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 200 200 0	63.9% Good	Read 111 Write 112 Mixed 115 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.28 87% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB-$351 1,197 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	MC Read 62 MC Write 67.1 MC Mixed 60 180% 63 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 23.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 172%

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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	691x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	193x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	187x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	213x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	180x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	106x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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