Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 131% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	301% 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 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190925
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '19 at 15:12
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$420 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 281 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 1,015 87% 746 Pts	64-Core 1,772 110% 1,772 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2868 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 193 Parallax 190 147% 188 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 184 Splatting 133 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1477 1319 1333 1189 1158 1220 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 2,188 Write 1329 Mixed 845 SusWrite 1,283 314% 1,411 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 209 4K Mixed 63.3 259% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,316 DQ Write 1,239 DQ Mixed 1,108 878% 1,221 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 353%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 63GB free Firmware: 0A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 92 92 94 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 86.4 Write 85.3 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 93.4 63% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 810GB free Firmware: 0A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 113 115 116 115 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 109 Write 104 Mixed 93.9 SusWrite 115 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 88%
Toshiba HDWQ140 4TB 4,700 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: FJ1M SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 173 171 175 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 168 Mixed 92.2 SusWrite 173 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 249% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 148GB free Firmware: 0K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 55 56 57 57 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 100 Write 94.1 Mixed 72.1 SusWrite 56.2 60% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 3,531 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 73 MC Mixed 41.9 149% 52.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 13.2 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%

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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 $420Bench 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 $273	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 $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