Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	41.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	19.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '20 at 20:21
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 71.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 81% 150 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 938 85% 716 Pts	64-Core 1,727 107% 1,727 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 197 Parallax 188 153% 191 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 183 Splatting 123 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480 GB 480GB 8,604 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 284GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG3000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 27 24 3.4 31 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 447 Write 52.7 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 49.3 34% 159 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 27.5 4K Mixed 8.6 56% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 85.3 DQ Mixed 43.6 47% 78.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 57%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 198 114 102 107 99 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 477 Mixed 378 SusWrite 173 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 54.2 182% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 343 262% 355 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 123%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 111GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 146 146 146 146 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 473 Mixed 321 SusWrite 180 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 49.5 173% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 175 182% 298 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 219GB free Firmware: SAFC01.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 289 302 291 301 303 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 309 Mixed 267 SusWrite 297 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 33.5 127% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 60.2 119% 240 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 91%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 144 144 133 144 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 144 Write 150 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 141 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.7 195% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 2x16GB 10,048 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.2% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 16.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 9.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 98.8 40% 98.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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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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