Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	80GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 80GB 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	64 GB free of 80 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '18 at 21:54
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$413 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 78.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 218 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 985 88% 744 Pts	64-Core 1,662 103% 1,662 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 145 Parallax 135 104% 136 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT2050MX300SSD1 2TB 2,359 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 227GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 460 457 456 252 270 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 445 Mixed 364 SusWrite 389 91% 402 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 38.6 148% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 292 230% 320 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 EVO 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 120 123 123 122 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 114 Write 107 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 122 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 16% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 26%
Toshiba HDWE160 8TB 425GB free Firmware: GX0B SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 131 131 129 129 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 124 Write 114 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 129 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.5 210% 2.53 MB/s

Seagate ST12000DM0007-2GR116 12TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 6.5TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 217 213 218 215 217 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 42% Great: 93%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 932GB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 111 115 116 112 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 114 71% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 109%
WD WD50EFRX-68MYMN1 8TB 1.5TB free Firmware: GX0B SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 153 153 152 154 152 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 146 Write 145 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 152 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.9 227% 2.13 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FAD BLS16G4D240FSB.16FAD Corsair CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 Corsair CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 KLEVV 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K KLEVV 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K Corsair CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 Corsair CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 80GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.2% Above average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 18.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 10.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 96%

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Gaming 99%

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Desktop 86%

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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 $413Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	149x

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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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