Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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	242% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	23.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190214
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '21 at 10:51
Run Duration	355 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 87.7 2-Core 172 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 899 74% 646 Pts	64-Core 2,372 147% 2,372 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 79.8% 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: 460.79 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 112 Parallax 130 104% 123 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 106% 133 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% 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% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 821 523 436 320 471 476 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,020 Write 1,865 Mixed 1,305 SusWrite 508 318% 1,425 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 83.5 264% 92.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,214 DQ Write 897 DQ Mixed 1,016 770% 1,042 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 70GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 153 153 152 153 152 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 435 Mixed 378 SusWrite 186 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 51.8 180% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 350 265% 357 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 115%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 743GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 156 155 155 157 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 91.5 Write 60 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 154 68% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 96%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 303GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 52 81 81 82 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 80 Write 76.7 Mixed 59 SusWrite 73.3 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 100%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 105 105 105 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 100 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 105 67% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 100%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 156 160 138 156 159 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 139 Write 131 Mixed 102 SusWrite 154 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 101%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 125GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 165 164 164 164 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 97.7 Write 112 Mixed 69 SusWrite 164 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 204GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 161 157 158 166 167 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 50 Write 105 Mixed 68 SusWrite 161 71% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.5 192% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 836GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 67 66 70 69 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 92.7 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 64.4 50% 68 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.5 188% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 334GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 66 66 70 69 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 51 Write 51.2 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 64.4 41% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.4 170% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 90%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 108GB free Firmware: JKAOA28A SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 66 66 70 69 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	25.9% Poor	Read 25.5 Write 83 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 64.3 40% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 69%
SANDISK SDDR-489 64GB 226 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 17GB free, PID cfc9 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 87.8 Write 61.5 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 65.1 92% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 3.5 236% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 95%
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)	9.62% Terrible	Read 14 Write 4.7 Mixed 8 SusWrite 6 10% 8.18 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.9 139% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.62% 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 (89^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 62.3 MC Mixed 40.1 135% 47.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 11.1 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 126%

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

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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 $462Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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