Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	269% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180521
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '18 at 22:06
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 76.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 85% 157 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 891 85% 702 Pts	64-Core 1,401 87% 1,401 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 86.9 Parallax 76.7 67% 81.9 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 69.7 62% 76 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2018)-$74 6,712 User benchmarks, average bench 262% 726GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1480 1364 1411 1415 1410 1412 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 1,753 Write 1,902 Mixed 1,536 SusWrite 1,415 372% 1,652 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 53.4 216% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,122 DQ Write 976 DQ Mixed 1,048 786% 1049 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 335%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 214GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 148 148 153 153 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 398 Write 212 Mixed 162 SusWrite 152 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 20.4 100% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 109 92% 134 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 95%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 321GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 121 122 122 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 111 Write 122 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 121 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 177 177 179 178 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 195 Mixed 91.9 SusWrite 178 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 35.1 Write 14.2 Mixed 18.2 SusWrite 14 15% 20.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2A2666C16 4x8GB 731 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 48.9 MC Mixed 26.2 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 10.3 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 97%

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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 $455Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	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