Asus WS X299 SAGE

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	126% 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	228% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

CPU throttled at 72% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus WS X299 SAGE (all builds)
Memory	121.1 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '18 at 07:47
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	8%
CPU Throttled	72%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$413 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.7% Above average	Memory 23.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 238 65% 131 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 1,002 85% 734 Pts	64-Core 1595 99% 1595 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 128 Parallax 170 146% 159 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 158 Splatting 112 104% 128 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 846GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1181 877 796 929 708 699 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,481 Write 1,209 Mixed 664 SusWrite 865 236% 1,055 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 48.9 204% 84.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,334 DQ Write 1,104 DQ Mixed 1016 816% 1,151 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 193 192 191 195 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 143 Mixed 85.6 SusWrite 194 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 8x16GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 49 MC Mixed 30.4 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 9.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 293 14% 293 ns
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 143%

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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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Typical WS X299 SAGE Builds (Compare 263 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 132%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 166%

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Motherboard: Asus WS X299 SAGE

CPU
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	35x
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	33x
Core i9-7920XIntel $250Bench 82%, 5,430 samples	21x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	44x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	17x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	24x
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $320Bench 327%, 38,669 samples	21x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
CMW64GX4M4C3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 87%, 461 samples	8x
9905701-017.A00G 2x16GBKingstonBench 84%, 297 samples	8x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	7x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $1,584

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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