Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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.
Boot Drive	192% 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.
Memory	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	122.3 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160426
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '16 at 00:38
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 244 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 746 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 950 59% 950 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 336A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 158 Parallax 135 129% 150 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 146 Splatting 113 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lacie Rugged RAID 4TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 3TB free Firmware: 1153 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.8% Poor	Read 207 Write 294 Mixed 206 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 16.5 4K Mixed 0.82 11% 6.08 MB/s	DQ Read 0.82 DQ Write 17.7 DQ Mixed 0.86 3% 6.45 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 32%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 267GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 466 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 61 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4867959903	111% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 413 Mixed 419 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 48.2 173% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 99.9 118% 203 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 2,039 Write 869 Mixed 1,090 292% 1,332 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 29.8 180% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 49.2 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 29.6 44% 77.9 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 19GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 466 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 61 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 70 56 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2588292175	110% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 409 Mixed 415 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 49.2 174% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 99.1 112% 190 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$184 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 152 11133 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 54 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 362 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (10) Unknown 0 200 10715006239 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 52 (C2) HDA temperature 112 108 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 144 Mixed 152 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 3.14 4K Mixed 0.31 128% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x16GB 2,632 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 49.3 MC Mixed 42 126% 44 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.8 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 142%

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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	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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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