Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive130% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME X299-A  (all builds)
Memory17.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180307
Uptime9.1 Days
Run DateAug 31 '18 at 19:13
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU 30%
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 PC Performing below expectations (25th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375
LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
76.2% Very good
Memory 71.9
1-Core 126
2-Core 241
80% 146 Pts
4-Core 432
8-Core 773
72% 602 Pts
64-Core 1,248
77% 1,248 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 76.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 134
Reflection 140
Parallax 131
109% 135 fps
MRender 104
Gravity 134
Splatting 106
93% 115 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$194
311GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 709 828 944 728 258 258 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
130% Outstanding
Read 879
Write 892
Mixed 703
SusWrite 621
174% 773 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 80.1
4K Mixed 42.3
145% 51.4 MB/s
DQ Read 24.8
DQ Write 511
DQ Mixed 30.7
95% 189 MB/s
Poor: 105%
This bench: 130%
Great: 211%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178
62GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 94 95 96 96 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
53.5% Above average
Read 90.5
Write 85
Mixed 61.2
SusWrite 95.5
61% 83.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 53.5%
Great: 98%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C14 2x16GB
2 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
45.3% Average
MC Read 13.5
MC Write 21.3
MC Mixed 13.2
46% 16 GB/s
SC Read 8.3
SC Write 20.1
SC Mixed 10.2
37% 12.9 GB/s
Latency 96.9
41% 96.9 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 45.3%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME X299-A Builds (Compare 1,269 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-A

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $744
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