Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.3% 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	215% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '17 at 19:49
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 86.7 1-Core 84.4 2-Core 213 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 813 82% 665 Pts	64-Core 1,048 65% 1,048 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 107 Parallax 108 82% 106 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 2,215 Write 1,268 Mixed 1,297 351% 1,593 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 27.3 123% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 57.9 101% 199 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 121GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 460 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 187 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 68 57 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 65 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1988606911	90% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 403 Mixed 416 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 35.2 128% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 96.8 86% 124 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 153 10783 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 201 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 461 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 181 (10) Unknown 0 200 1280701883 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 126 (C2) HDA temperature 116 112 36 (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	88.5% Excellent	Read 150 Write 158 Mixed 151 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 3.15 4K Mixed 0.34 138% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 112%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 383GB free Firmware: AX0A4M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1687 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 928 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 5672 (0A) Spinup retry count 118 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 749 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 196 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 99840 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231929479197 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 89 89 4627 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 186 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	46% Average	Read 78.4 Write 82 Mixed 76.9 60% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.21 63% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 4x4GB 3,476 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 47.6 MC Mixed 36.9 117% 41 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

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Gaming 84%

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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 $46

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