Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	12% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	77.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING (all builds)
Memory	56.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160628
Uptime	16 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '20 at 04:15
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 69.2 2-Core 132 58% 94 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 569 50% 426 Pts	64-Core 851 53% 851 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Asus(1043 04BE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1326 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.20 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 12.6 Parallax 17.4 11% 14.5 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 20.6 Splatting 18.5 14% 16.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 128 100 89 90 76 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 478 Write 430 Mixed 407 SusWrite 116 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 34.8 120% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 240 199% 284 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 90%
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 97GB free Firmware: LSBG200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 109 103 103 103 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 475 Write 409 Mixed 356 SusWrite 130 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 39.4 130% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 210 187% 279 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 90%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 51 Write 16.7 Mixed 17.9 SusWrite 17.3 19% 25.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 32% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 8x8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 44.2 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 42.7 125% 43.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 18 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 142%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $550	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