Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '16 at 05:39
Run Duration	345 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$78 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 721 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 947 59% 947 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 155 Parallax 132 124% 146 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 146 Splatting 112 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3640323AS 640GB-$134 2,758 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 558GB free (System drive) Firmware: SD13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56436676 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2692 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 602201789 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35557 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2658 (B8) Unknown 1 1 306 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 386552955009 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 196 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 454623258 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 81604378650 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 28 56436676 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 187 1958	57.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 96.9 Mixed 96.6 74% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.28 59% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 66%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 25GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 167 167 21500789026 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1347 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 615 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1498 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1498 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 167505035292 (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	51.9% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 92.3 Mixed 91.4 68% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 107%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 5TB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 149 Write 153 Mixed 126 182% 143 MB/s	4K Read 2.21 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 81%
SanDisk Cruzer 16GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 19.9 Write 3.79 Mixed 5.55 9% 9.75 MB/s	4K Read 5.23 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 1.86 176% 3.28 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,270 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	126% Outstanding	MC Read 45.1 MC Write 58.5 MC Mixed 44.7 141% 49.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 22.1 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 135%

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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 $78Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $887

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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