ASUS XG-C100C 10GBase-T Network Adapter Review

Testing & Methodology

Testing a wired network interface’s performance is straightforward and without too much hassle. For this review, I’ve chosen PassMark’s advanced network test and Jperf/Iperf. The combination gives me a lot of customisation options to shape the traffic to my liking.

The PassMark tests are run for 5 minutes each. Here, I will test TCP and UDP connections with variable and fixed packet sizes. After those are done, I’ll turn to Jperf/Iperf and have it run TCP benchmark test with 4, 8, and 16 simultaneous connections.

Hardware System One

• Supermicro C7Z97-OCE
• Intel Xeon E3-1230Lv3
• Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1866MHz
• OCZ VX500 512GB SSD
• Sapphire R7 240 2GB
• be quiet Dark Power Pro 11 850W
• Noctua NH-D15S
• Lian Li T60

Network

• D-Link DXS-1210-12TC 12-Port 10GBASE-T Web Smart Switch

We would like to thank our sponsors for supplying us with the equipment needed to perform these tests.

Software

• PassMark PerformanceTest Advanced Network Test
• Jperf/Iperf