Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	257% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	51.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190214
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '20 at 06:58
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9940X-$790 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 86.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 254 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 1,042 91% 775 Pts	64-Core 2,443 151% 2,443 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 867A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 124 Parallax 137 104% 130 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 122 Splatting 98.8 105% 133 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 824 495 512 538 486 482 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,352 Write 1,802 Mixed 1,537 SusWrite 556 348% 1,562 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 81.1 269% 94.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,183 DQ Write 856 DQ Mixed 984 745% 1,008 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 79GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 153 152 152 152 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 463 Mixed 360 SusWrite 187 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 56.7 196% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 832GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 151 152 150 151 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 136 Mixed 74 SusWrite 150 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 96%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 786GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 36 34 36 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 51.3 Write 35.2 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 34.8 27% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 100%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 146 147 145 145 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 138 Write 138 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 146 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 100%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 150 Write 154 Mixed 82.5 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 101%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 70GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 111 113 112 113 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 106 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 113 69% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 227GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 3.8 3.9 3.9 9.1 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	5.08% Terrible	Read 11 Write 16.2 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 5.9 11% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.1 64% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 5.08% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 89GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 8.7 8.5 8.1 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	7.32% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 15.2 Mixed 16.2 SusWrite 10 11% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 19% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 7.32% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 202GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 8.8 8.4 7.9 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 28 Write 28.5 Mixed 23 SusWrite 10.1 17% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 90%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 122GB free Firmware: JKAOA28A SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 8.8 8.6 8.2 13 13 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	7.63% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 16.5 Mixed 16.3 SusWrite 10.1 11% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 7.63% Great: 69%
LD-CT CT 8GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 6 6 6 6 6 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	9.54% Terrible	Read 10 Write 5.7 Mixed 7 SusWrite 6 9% 7.18 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2 149% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.54% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M4C3466C16 4x16GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 67.2 MC Mixed 43.1 146% 51.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 11.6 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 126%

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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 $400Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	149x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	192x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16