Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	330% 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	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '18 at 01:59
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 77.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 279 88% 164 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 1,096 98% 825 Pts	64-Core 1514 94% 1514 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB; RTX 2080 Founder Edition CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 169 Parallax 162 141% 168 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 151 Splatting 109 118% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1305 1447 1562 1543 1609 1594 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	330% Outstanding	Read 2450 Write 1,800 Mixed 919 SusWrite 1,510 372% 1,670 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 79 287% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,275 DQ Write 1061 DQ Mixed 1,050 819% 1,129 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 330% Great: 353%
SanDisk Extreme II 480GB-$192 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 191GB free Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 430 457 452 461 464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 460 Mixed 264 SusWrite 444 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 40.9 148% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 148 159% 266 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 356GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 304 304 302 302 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 467 Mixed 350 SusWrite 315 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 41.6 155% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 250 212% 311 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 177 182 184 184 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 202 Mixed 89 SusWrite 182 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$154 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 48.2 MC Mixed 25.7 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 10.1 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 113%

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Desktop 86%

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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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Value: 70% - Very good

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) $30	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