Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	125% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170613
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 14:12
Run Duration	360 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 83 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 90% 165 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 1,089 97% 822 Pts	64-Core 1520 94% 1520 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 850A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Lighting 83.2 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 77.4 68% 82.5 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 69.2 61% 75.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$40 8,737 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 974 Write 675 Mixed 729 176% 792 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 18.3 145% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 42.6 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 18.5 32% 60 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 153%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$71 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 157 7100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 162 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 99 (C2) HDA temperature 119 104 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	74.8% Very good	Read 133 Write 127 Mixed 124 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.26 117% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 100%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 641GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 180 7691 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 201 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15843 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 119 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 87050 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.9% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 86.2 Mixed 88.8 68% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 87%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 705GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 172 171 6400 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3339 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3232 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 126 126 224994 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	57.8% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 107 Mixed 96.7 75% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.17 79% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 63%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 339GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 143 143 14728 (03) Spinup time 172 168 6383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 536 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 50092 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 446 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 284 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 145 145 166584 (C2) HDA temperature 122 100 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 17 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 17 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 17	57% Above average	Read 108 Write 91.2 Mixed 86.5 71% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.19 59% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 269GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 187455760 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 312 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 51 48 240528220207 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 197 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 82 82 18 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 76 4295032859 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 706347041 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10454 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 81604378657 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 51 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 65747359400072 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7773928994 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19242788834	97.3% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 151 Mixed 128 116% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.31 90% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 113%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$84 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 267GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 179 5783 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 247 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 156 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 132 (C2) HDA temperature 121 107 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	61.1% Good	Read 103 Write 110 Mixed 112 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.21 63% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 267GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155654736 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 229 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2188632 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 639303716 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21568 (C2) HDA temperature 36 48 81604378660 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -79852031959286 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6053345019 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2966780374	86.9% Excellent	Read 162 Write 141 Mixed 126 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 113%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 466GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 179 5833 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 270 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 173 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 52592 (C2) HDA temperature 118 100 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.9% Good	Read 115 Write 125 Mixed 98.3 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.24 99% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 183GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 151 9300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 417 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 44061 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 125 125 226995 (C2) HDA temperature 122 94 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.1% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 97.5 Mixed 82.1 69% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.14 64% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 67%
Kingston DTR30G2 16GB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 6GB free, PID 16a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 145 Write 36.7 Mixed 48.6 78% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.69 126% 7.32 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	64.5% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 19.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 10.2 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 115%

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Workstation 93%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-A

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	374x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	217x
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	148x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	192x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	82x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	57x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	49x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	48x

RAM
BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 4x4GBCrucialBench 82%, 497 samples	53x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	32x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	25x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $744

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