Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	196% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	16.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 16:42
Run Duration	335 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 937 85% 713 Pts	64-Core 1,281 79% 1,281 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 142 Parallax 135 108% 137 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,727 Write 738 Mixed 1,085 260% 1,183 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 59.1 204% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 427 DQ Write 381 DQ Mixed 187 200% 332 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 353%
WD WD2004FBYZ-01YCBB0 2TB 1,248 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 235GB free Firmware: RR04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 182 3800 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3083 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 280 (10) Unknown 1 199 59053500322 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3669 (C2) HDA temperature 106 98 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	68.3% Good	Read 108 Write 129 Mixed 104 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.62 223% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 106%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 10GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 74 Write 5.93 Mixed 13.5 27% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.51 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.009 28% 2.51 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 23%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 0GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 101 Write 9.24 Mixed 17.9 37% 42.7 MB/s	4K Read 9.81 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 38% 3.28 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 4GBF1X04MFFF36-12-K Kingston KHX2666C15D4/4G 4GBF1X04MFFF36-12-K 4GBF1X04MFFF36-12-K Kingston KHX2666C15D4/4G 4GBF1X04MFFF36-12-K 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 32.7 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 20.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 128%

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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 $94Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $897

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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