Description
The ASUS XG-C100C uses fully backwards compatible, next-generation 10GBase-T (10G) networking technology to deliver speeds of up to 10Gbps –10x faster than standard Gigabit Ethernet. It enables ultra-fast 10Gbps network access for desktop PCs, so you can easily handle the most data-intensive tasks in your office or at home.
From the manufacturer
ASUS XG-C100C 10G Network Adapter Pci-E X4 Card with Single RJ-45 Port
XG-C100C supports 10/5/2.5/1Gbps and 100Mbps networking standards. It’s designed to provide you with the technology, while ensuring full backward compatibility with your existing network infrastructure. Full compatibility with Windows 10 and Linux Kernel 4.4 allows flexible OS integration.
XG-C100C has a standard RJ45 LAN port so you can easily upgrade to 10Gbps networking using standard, readily available copper network cables, avoiding the need to install costly optical fiber cables.
Steve O –
Seems to provide good vaule and decent speedI thought I would post some numbers in case anyone was interested. I used two hostsHost 1:System: Host: nas Kernel: 4.15.0-42-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Console: tty 3 Distro: Ubuntu 16.04 xenialMachine: System: Supermicro product: Super Server v: 0123456789 serial: 0123456789 Mobo: Supermicro model: X10SDV-4C-TLN2F v: 2.00 serial: ZM16CS053878 Bios: American Megatrends v: 1.1c date: 10/03/2016CPU: Quad core Intel Xeon D-1521 (-HT-MCP-) speed/max: 800/2700 MHzNetwork: Card-1: Intel Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T driver: ixgbe IF: eno3 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 0c:c4:7a:9d:92:72 Card-2: Intel Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T driver: ixgbe IF: eno4 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplexHost 2:System: Host: desktop Kernel: 4.19.9-arch1-1-ARCH x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Gnome 3.30.2 Distro: Arch Linux 2015.06Machine: Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: All Series v: N/A serial: N/A Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Z97-WS v: Rev 1.xx serial: 140525546300294 UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 2403 date: 06/18/2015CPU: Quad Core: Intel Core i7-4790K type: MT MCP speed: 1663 MHz min/max: 800/4400 MHzNetwork: Device-1: Intel Ethernet I218-LM driver: e1000e IF: eno1 state: down mac: 10:c3:7b:46:d3:a4 Device-2: Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE 802.3bz Ethernet [AQtion] driver: atlantic IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 0c:9d:92:b7:5f:21 Device-3: Intel I210 Gigabit Network driver: igb IF: enp13s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 10:c3:7b:46:d3:a5 IF-ID-1: vboxnet0 state: down mac: 0a:00:27:00:00:00The network card in the desktop is Asus XG-C100C. All tests were run from the nas with the desktop acting as an iperf server. For the test the 10G interface is .239, the 1G interface is .198. If the 10G interface was being tested the 1G interface was disabled and vice versa. I used 6FT cat 6 cables into the uplink ports. The switch used is the Netgear GS110MX.user@nas:~$ iperf -c 192.168.19.239 -t 100————————————————————Client connecting to 192.168.19.239, TCP port 5001TCP window size: 85.0 KByte (default)————————————————————[ 3] local 192.168.19.96 port 45280 connected with 192.168.19.239 port 5001[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth[ 3] 0.0-100.0 sec 109 GBytes 9.39 Gbits/secuser@nas:~$ iperf -c 192.168.19.198 -t 100————————————————————Client connecting to 192.168.19.198, TCP port 5001TCP window size: 85.0 KByte (default)————————————————————[ 3] local 192.168.19.96 port 33772 connected with 192.168.19.198 port 5001[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth[ 3] 0.0-100.0 sec 10.7 GBytes 919 Mbits/secuser@nas:~$ iperf -c 192.168.19.198 -t 100 -P 10————————————————————Client connecting to 192.168.19.239, TCP port 5001TCP window size: 85.0 KByte (default)[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth[ 3] 0.0-100.0 sec 907 MBytes 76.1 Mbits/sec[ 6] 0.0-100.0 sec 845 MBytes 70.9 Mbits/sec[ 12] 0.0-100.0 sec 771 MBytes 64.7 Mbits/sec[ 11] 0.0-100.0 sec 1.89 GBytes 162 Mbits/sec[ 7] 0.0-100.0 sec 903 MBytes 75.7 Mbits/sec[ 8] 0.0-100.0 sec 1.91 GBytes 164 Mbits/sec[ 10] 0.0-100.0 sec 879 MBytes 73.7 Mbits/sec[ 5] 0.0-100.0 sec 922 MBytes 77.3 Mbits/sec[ 4] 0.0-100.0 sec 1.04 GBytes 89.5 Mbits/sec[ 9] 0.0-100.1 sec 826 MBytes 69.2 Mbits/sec[SUM] 0.0-100.1 sec 10.8 GBytes 923 Mbits/secuser@nas:~$ iperf -c 192.168.19.239 -t 100 -P 10————————————————————Client connecting to 192.168.19.239, TCP port 5001TCP window size: 85.0 KByte (default)————————————————————[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth[ 4] 0.0-100.0 sec 5.53 GBytes 475 Mbits/sec[ 6] 0.0-100.0 sec 7.93 GBytes 681 Mbits/sec[ 7] 0.0-100.0 sec 2.25 GBytes 193 Mbits/sec[ 9] 0.0-100.0 sec 3.94 GBytes 338 Mbits/sec[ 11] 0.0-100.0 sec 7.87 GBytes 676 Mbits/sec[ 12] 0.0-100.0 sec 4.75 GBytes 408 Mbits/sec[ 3] 0.0-100.0 sec 1.84 GBytes 158 Mbits/sec[ 5] 0.0-100.0 sec 1.58 GBytes 136 Mbits/sec[ 10] 0.0-100.0 sec 3.22 GBytes 276 Mbits/secDecent speeds and for a relatively low cost it brings big performance gains. Its smaller than I expected, not that that matters. Device was plug-and-play. No issues dropping it into an Arch Linux box, no config required