Asus X99-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	313% 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	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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus X99-A II (all builds)
Memory	55 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	640 x 480 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 07:00
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 785 80% 645 Pts	64-Core 941 58% 941 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 82.6 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 115 67% 88.9 fps	MRender 62.6 Gravity 85 Splatting 42.5 50% 63.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$154 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 607GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2181 2011 1157 1154 1155 1146 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,515 Write 2,215 Mixed 1,649 SusWrite 1,467 439% 1,962 MB/s	4K Read 62.9 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 82.9 276% 95.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,023 DQ Write 635 DQ Mixed 878 641% 845 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 372%
Samsung 840 Evo mSATA 1TB 613 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 591GB free Firmware: EXT43B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 482 381 343 343 342 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 483 Mixed 426 SusWrite 396 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 59.8 199% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 266 224% 327 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 127GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 143 143 145 146 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 73.5 Write 122 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 142 73% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.5 204% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 19GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 170 170 169 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 160 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 169 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$64 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC9F SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 190 196 186 198 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 148 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 190 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 1,852 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0739 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 110 111 112 113 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 166 Write 124 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 108 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 53.2 MC Mixed 43.7 133% 46.7 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 122%

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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	190x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	215x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	180x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16