Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING (all builds)
Memory	59.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 15:21
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 737 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 912 56% 912 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 123 Reflection 131 Parallax 115 100% 123 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 119 Splatting 45.1 69% 90.3 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 324GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3833 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 192 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2843846397	102% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 407 Mixed 419 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 36.4 146% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 112 131% 228 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7352 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 233 (B1) Unknown 97 97 138 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 79 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40771926637	84.5% Excellent	Read 515 Write 475 Mixed 501 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 21.9 108% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 93.5 DQ Mixed 23.4 29% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 124%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 6500 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1872 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4003 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 34 (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	80.8% Excellent	Read 136 Write 145 Mixed 140 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.29 118% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 100%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 146 11566 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2181 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 156 (10) Unknown 3 197 57132632353 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2095 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 41 (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	87.3% Excellent	Read 152 Write 152 Mixed 148 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.25 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 191GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 202 162 4900 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14888 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 44503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2248 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1665 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 126 126 222871 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 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	45.3% Average	Read 79.6 Write 78.3 Mixed 84.5 61% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.18 70% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 2,982 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 129%

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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	521x
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	153x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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