Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	308% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING (all builds)
Memory	36.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170915
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '18 at 02:57
Run Duration	295 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 980 89% 750 Pts	64-Core 1,728 107% 1,728 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2849 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 920 646 633 633 633 639 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	308% Outstanding	Read 2,354 Write 1,955 Mixed 1554 SusWrite 684 365% 1,637 MB/s	4K Read 73.2 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 99.4 339% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 1,302 DQ Write 1,717 DQ Mixed 1,367 1,072% 1,462 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 308% Great: 296%
Jmicron Generic 500GB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 406GB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 366 367 368 366 368 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 398 Write 406 Mixed 349 SusWrite 361 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 29.9 97% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 157 116% 152 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 91%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 136GB free Firmware: DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 275 276 276 276 275 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 480 Mixed 425 SusWrite 293 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 59.8 208% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 233 209% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 118%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: A840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 128 129 129 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 129 Write 134 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 128 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 82%
Hitachi HUS724040ALA640 4TB 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: AA70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 154 153 157 157 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 156 Mixed 93 SusWrite 156 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 173% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 97%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: A840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 124 129 128 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 134 Write 140 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 128 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 82%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 76.5 Mixed 59 52% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 68%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: A840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 135 141 141 140 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 140 Write 135 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 140 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 82%
BUFFALO HD-GDU3 2TB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 1.5TB free, PID 0235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 178 172 173 178 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 326 Write 406 Mixed 358 SusWrite 190 438% 320 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 26 4K Mixed 24.2 1,804% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 27.5 DQ Mixed 10.4 1,376% 20.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 219%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 1,054 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	MC Read 64.4 MC Write 62.3 MC Mixed 56.9 175% 61.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 131%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING - $300

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	523x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	258x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	242x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	284x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	173x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	155x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $688

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16