Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	104% 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	166% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170915
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '21 at 00:30
Run Duration	288 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 673 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	65% Good	Memory 74.4 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 149 58% 98.9 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 658 55% 478 Pts	64-Core 1,710 106% 1,710 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 155 Parallax 150 107% 146 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 145 Splatting 108 100% 123 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 16GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 468 Write 414 Mixed 342 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 34.4 116% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 242 190% 263 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 27GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 259 256 246 241 240 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 469 Write 398 Mixed 331 SusWrite 253 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 33.8 116% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 278 206% 273 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 408 406 395 390 385 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,789 Write 487 Mixed 535 SusWrite 408 175% 804 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 38.4 144% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 654 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 580 432% 575 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 353%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 83 79 76 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 143 Write 182 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 81.1 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 2.7 439% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 94%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$179 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 200 201 186 174 185 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1TB free Firmware: AR17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 180 176 151 121 142 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Covecube Virtual Disk 2TB 1,262 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 11.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 10 10 10 9.9 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 17.5 Mixed 21.9 SusWrite 10.4 15% 20.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.4 112% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 105%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 23 23 22 23 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 35.2 Write 40.5 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 22.9 25% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.6 203% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 94%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 21 23 22 22 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 34.3 Write 3.5 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 22.4 18% 23.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.5 185% 2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 140GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 114 115 107 103 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 85.4 Write 154 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 111 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.7 463% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 112%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$80 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 637GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 103 98 93 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 86.2 Write 74.2 Mixed 47.2 SusWrite 99.4 56% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C15 8x4GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 136% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 57.8 MC Write 44.1 MC Mixed 46.1 141% 49.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 16.6 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 91.7 44% 91.7 ns
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 162%

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Desktop 84%

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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	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 $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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $692

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16