Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 142% UFO


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	36.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190627
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '19 at 10:10
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7920X-$250 5,430 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 88 1-Core 140 2-Core 236 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 1,083 97% 820 Pts	64-Core 2,266 140% 2,266 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2827 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 199 Parallax 182 144% 186 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 185 Splatting 131 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,426 Write 1,854 Mixed 1,026 390% 1,769 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 74 264% 96.4 MB/s	DQ Read 881 DQ Write 701 DQ Mixed 819 605% 800 MB/s
Poor: 195% Great: 393%
Intel Optane+9.0TBHDD 4 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 158 157 160 157 153 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.9% Very poor	Read 156 Write 162 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 156 32% 140 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.2 7% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 43%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 184GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,816 Write 6,980 Mixed 6,895 1,544% 6,897 MB/s	4K Read 628 4K Write 433 4K Mixed 472 1,785% 511 MB/s	DQ Read 1,111 DQ Write 1,003 DQ Mixed 1,084 806% 1,066 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 552GB free Firmware: LVD3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 97 95 96 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 47.7 Write 104 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 95.7 49% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.6 316% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 65%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB 8,778 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 8GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 7.8 8.8 8.3 9.1 8.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 25 Write 12 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 8.5 20% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 3.2 236% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 8x8GB 648 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 61.3 MC Mixed 40.4 137% 48.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 11.8 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 184%

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

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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 $178	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