Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.4% 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	448% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 20:02
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	2%

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 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	59.6% Above average	Memory 86 1-Core 39.2 2-Core 78.5 46% 67.9 Pts	4-Core 181 8-Core 396 34% 289 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 3208) CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 37.3 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 31 30% 34.1 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 32.1 Splatting 32.4 28% 33.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	448% Outstanding	Read 2,769 Write 3,403 Mixed 3,116 695% 3,096 MB/s	4K Read 138 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 95.2 405% 124 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 123 104% 150 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 448% Great: 185%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 211GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2891 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5622 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2682 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 881 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28537 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 33 (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	54.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 89.6 Mixed 93.4 71% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 84%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,114 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 45GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 89 Write 91 Mixed 71.8 107% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 12.1 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 11.4 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 48%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING - $300

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	522x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	256x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	242x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	282x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	173x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	41x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	41x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	20x
CT8G4DFS824A.C8FHD1 2x8GBCrucialBench 71%, 3,272 samples	18x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16