Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 106%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 95%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics119% 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 Drive244% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING  (all builds)
Memory9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170113
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 13 '17 at 22:27
Run Duration93 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115
SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
86.3% Excellent
Memory 95.2
1-Core 115
2-Core 243
85% 151 Pts
4-Core 417
8-Core 653
66% 535 Pts
64-Core 901
56% 901 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 86.3%
Great: 93%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.78
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
119% Outstanding
Lighting 161
Reflection 174
Parallax 183
131% 173 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 163
Splatting 118
108% 134 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 119%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
393GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
244% Outstanding
Read 2,596
Write 1,336
Mixed 1,444
394% 1,792 MB/s
4K Read 49.2
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 28
171% 63.6 MB/s
DQ Read 54.8
DQ Write 329
DQ Mixed 30.3
71% 138 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 244%
Great: 254%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
110% Outstanding
MC Read 39.2
MC Write 50.4
MC Mixed 38.7
122% 42.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 19.6
SC Mixed 20.7
52% 18.3 GB/s
Latency 56.4
71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 74%
This bench: 110%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical STRIX X99 GAMING Builds (Compare 1,333 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X99 GAMING - $300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $692
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