Asus X99-A II

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '19 at 00:32
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 236 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 762 75% 611 Pts	64-Core 965 60% 965 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 11,020 User benchmarks, average bench 4% EVGA(3842 1235) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	4.62% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 6.54 Parallax 2.53 5% 5.09 fps	MRender 6.48 Gravity 4.27 Splatting 3.65 4% 4.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.62% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,054 Write 5,084 Mixed 4,934 1,124% 5,024 MB/s	4K Read 268 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 202 761% 218 MB/s	DQ Read 697 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 596 452% 611 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 51GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 106 106 107 108 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 109 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 106 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$99 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 142 145 145 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 87.2 Write 125 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 141 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 221% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 119GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 83 85 84 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 48.9 Write 78.6 Mixed 56.4 SusWrite 82.9 49% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.4 177% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 90%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 215GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 79 80 81 81 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 75.7 Write 74.2 Mixed 49.9 SusWrite 79.7 51% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3200C16D4/8GX KHX2800C14D4/4GX KHX2800C14D4/4GX KHX2800C14D4/4GX KHX2800C14D4/4GX 24GB 2400, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	101% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 34 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 22.1 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 77%

Battleship

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