Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	286% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '18 at 19:00
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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 (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 83.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 250 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 1,108 102% 853 Pts	64-Core 1,631 101% 1,631 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1608 MHz, MLim: 1812 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 115 Parallax 117 89% 114 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 103 Splatting 93.4 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1069 1424 1325 1236 1287 1276 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,053 Write 1515 Mixed 846 SusWrite 1,270 317% 1421 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 65.1 247% 97.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,137 DQ Write 1,148 DQ Mixed 56.1 341% 780 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$117 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 106GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 463 440 424 442 457 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 454 Mixed 360 SusWrite 433 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 44.1 158% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 97.1 138% 255 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 161 155 166 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 164 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 161 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 173% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 107%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 252GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 96 94 98 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 80 Write 90.7 Mixed 71 SusWrite 97.1 63% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 31 MC Write 58.3 MC Mixed 29.4 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 11.6 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 120%

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Gaming 103%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING - $275

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	486x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	335x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	382x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	118x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	81x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	72x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	63x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	54x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	41x
F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 85%, 19,774 samples	23x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,343

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 $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 $40	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