Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics62.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive217% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardAsus PRIME X299-A  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171114
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 18 '17 at 06:31
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216
LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
83.6% Excellent
Memory 77.5
1-Core 128
2-Core 254
84% 153 Pts
4-Core 481
8-Core 837
80% 659 Pts
64-Core 1063
66% 1063 Pts
Poor: 69%
This bench: 83.6%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
Asus(1043 85F0) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
62.6% Good
Lighting 77.9
Reflection 77.5
Parallax 74.3
64% 76.6 fps
MRender 78.5
Gravity 71.7
Splatting 73.8
61% 74.7 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 62.6%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210
954GB free
Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 77% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
440GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
217% Outstanding
Read 2,062
Write 1,371
Mixed 1,379
355% 1,604 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 36.6
4K Mixed 24.7
90% 29 MB/s
DQ Read 578
DQ Write 474
DQ Mixed 13.6
150% 355 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 217%
Great: 254%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
77.7% Very good
Read 133
Write 138
Mixed 133
102% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.93
4K Write 2.17
4K Mixed 0.21
102% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 77.7%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.5% Above average
MC Read 16
MC Write 25.2
MC Mixed 15
54% 18.7 GB/s
SC Read 9.6
SC Write 22.1
SC Mixed 11
41% 14.2 GB/s
Latency 85.4
47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 52.5%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME X299-A Builds (Compare 1,269 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 93%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-A

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $744
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