Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '20 at 16:44
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 71 2-Core 214 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 653 62% 515 Pts	64-Core 825 51% 825 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 442 439 444 451 452 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 433 Mixed 390 SusWrite 445 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 48.7 159% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 341 257% 344 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Adata SP900 512GB 926 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.6.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 178 166 158 208 182 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 340 Write 235 Mixed 320 SusWrite 188 61% 271 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 16 4K Mixed 20.6 70% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 95.7 DQ Mixed 125 100% 145 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 65%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 119GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1283 986 988 989 991 986 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1970 Write 1,755 Mixed 1,675 SusWrite 1,037 361% 1,609 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 55.6 183% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 487 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 425 310% 407 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 297%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 160 160 159 158 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 106 Write 111 Mixed 25.4 SusWrite 158 72% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.6 305% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 110%
SanDisk Cruzer 2GB 501 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 1GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	6.76% Terrible	Read 29 Write 7 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 3.8 11% 11 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.76% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$234 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 45.4 MC Write 44.2 MC Mixed 44.2 127% 44.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 23.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 117%

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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	694x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	194x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	189x

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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $891

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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