Asus X99-A II

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 20%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics11.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive305% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus X99-A II  (all builds)
Memory26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161005
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateMay 20 '21 at 18:58
Run Duration237 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103
SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
82.3% Excellent
Memory 94.2
1-Core 122
2-Core 235
86% 150 Pts
4-Core 379
8-Core 734
66% 557 Pts
64-Core 944
58% 944 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 5770
XFX(1682 2990) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
11.1% Very poor
Lighting 15
Reflection 13.7
Parallax 13.4
12% 14 fps
MRender 11.4
Gravity 11.9
Splatting 9.7
9% 11 fps
Poor: 10%
This bench: 11.1%
Great: 11%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95
562GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1577 1357 1332 1353 1357 1358 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
305% Outstanding
Read 2,577
Write 2,304
Mixed 1,843
SusWrite 1389
454% 2,028 MB/s
4K Read 61.6
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 82.7
271% 93.1 MB/s
DQ Read 872
DQ Write 577
DQ Mixed 782
568% 744 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 305%
Great: 410%
SanDisk SSD Plus 960GB-$90
411GB free
Firmware: Z33130RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 195 154 154 190 194 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
74.1% Very good
Read 410
Write 416
Mixed 75.3
SusWrite 188
61% 272 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 24.1
119% 49.1 MB/s
DQ Read 211
DQ Write 278
DQ Mixed 6
71% 165 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 78%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251
61GB free
Firmware: DXT0AB0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 139 135 131 162 226 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
68.8% Good
Read 381
Write 97.5
Mixed 90.9
SusWrite 154
40% 181 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 83.3
4K Mixed 22.9
115% 44.5 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 85.5
DQ Mixed 53.1
84% 169 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 68.8%
Great: 85%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
478GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 93 95 95 96 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
52.7% Above average
Read 91.2
Write 69
Mixed 36.2
SusWrite 92.8
53% 72.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.6
110% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 52.7%
Great: 83%
Seagate Expansion Desk 6TB
2TB free
Firmware: 0915
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 132 136 136 127 127 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
63.3% Good
Read 87.7
Write 115
Mixed 132
SusWrite 130
87% 116 MB/s
4K Read 6.5
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.7
423% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 63.3%
Great: 89%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
125% Outstanding
MC Read 45.2
MC Write 58.1
MC Mixed 44.8
141% 49.4 GB/s
SC Read 15.7
SC Write 20.4
SC Mixed 22
55% 19.4 GB/s
Latency 59.2
68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 125%
Great: 125%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical X99-A II Builds (Compare 1,377 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus X99-A II - $294

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $891
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HDDRAMUSB
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