Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	194% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	54.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171229
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	May 18 '21 at 22:15
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7940X-$654 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 74.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 982 88% 743 Pts	64-Core 2,199 136% 2,199 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3746) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.4% Poor	Lighting 35.9 Reflection 38.9 Parallax 40.9 29% 38.6 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 37.5 Splatting 26.5 27% 33.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 005C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 765 386 517 520 377 525 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 2,087 Write 1088 Mixed 984 SusWrite 515 258% 1,169 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 48 177% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,060 DQ Write 70 DQ Mixed 131 205% 420 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 144%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 113 113 115 113 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 106 Write 85.2 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 115 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 114%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 506GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 133 133 129 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 132 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.7 323% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 138%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6B1 Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6B1 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 55.6 MC Mixed 36 124% 43.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 9.9 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 91.7 44% 91.7 ns
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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Workstation 93%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-A

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $206Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	376x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	217x
Core i9-7900XIntel $349Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	149x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	193x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	49x

RAM
BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 4x4GBCrucialBench 82%, 497 samples	53x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	32x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	26x

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Total price: $734

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16