Asrock X299 Professional Gaming i9 XE

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 140% UFO


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 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock X299 Professional Gaming i9 XE (all builds)
Memory	113.4 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	20190906
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '20 at 20:06
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 i9-7980XE-$993 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 63 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 81% 154 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 1,047 93% 789 Pts	64-Core 2,887 179% 2,887 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 167 Parallax 176 135% 170 fps	MRender 200 Gravity 168 Splatting 115 127% 161 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1937 1934 1920 1976 1951 1943 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	330% Outstanding	Read 2,391 Write 2,044 Mixed 1,044 SusWrite 1,944 416% 1,856 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 71.2 231% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,127 DQ Write 830 DQ Mixed 1,002 742% 986 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 330% Great: 393%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 834GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1240 1288 1290 1306 1272 1107 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 1,738 Write 1,415 Mixed 723 SusWrite 1,250 286% 1,282 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 57.9 202% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,160 DQ Write 933 DQ Mixed 919 723% 1004 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 302%
WDC WDS200T2B0B-00YS70 2TB 1,239 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 418 421 432 442 446 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 423 Write 424 Mixed 349 SusWrite 431 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 33 105% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 231 204% 307 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 119%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 299 291 219 131 121 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83.2% Excellent	Read 1002 Write 230 Mixed 301 SusWrite 226 96% 440 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 18.6 67% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 172 134% 187 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x16GB 2,632 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 28.4 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 8.9 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 142%

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

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 112%

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Motherboard: Asrock X299 Professional Gaming i9 XE

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	16x
Core i9-7980XEIntel $993Bench 80%, 4,653 samples	10x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	10x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	10x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x

SSD
E12-512G-PHISON-SSD-B27-BB1 512GBBench 178%, 586 samples	8x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $104Bench 235%, 154,949 samples	6x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $102Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	6x

RAM
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	14x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	8x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	8x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $878

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16