Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 98% 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	37.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 02:43
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 724 76% 606 Pts	64-Core 898 56% 898 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 145 Parallax 141 156% 159 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 33GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5327953 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -71854802858301 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2336 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 744 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 19 54 55838113811 (C2) HDA temperature 19 54 55838113811 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5327953 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5327953 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5327953 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1809 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2105 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2105 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9826	82.4% Excellent	Read 514 Write 259 Mixed 301 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 22 119% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 81 106% 193 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 94%
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7036406 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 119219702206508 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2584 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 769 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 1009320460316 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7036406 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7036406 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7036406 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5621 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5636 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5636 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6944	37.8% Below average	Read 227 Write 65.6 Mixed 99.2 28% 130 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 11.8 77% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 43.5 DQ Write 66.8 DQ Mixed 23.7 27% 44.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 585GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76366816 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14370 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7125135 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2189 (B7) Unknown 92 92 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BC) Unknown 100 94 47245361195 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 82 51 303038482 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 11996 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34265 (C2) HDA temperature 18 49 51539607570 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 10 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 68281390072486 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6631222783 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4583807436	106% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 182 Mixed 161 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C14 2x8GB 1,565 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.5% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.9 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 13.4 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 108%

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Workstation 76%

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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 $178	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