Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 133% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	141% 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	179% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '17 at 09:54
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$420 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 80.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 238 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 896 84% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,716 106% 1,716 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 203 Reflection 214 Parallax 193 165% 203 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 187 Splatting 136 125% 154 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 1TB 1,702 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 552GB free Firmware: LSF041C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6983 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 99 (AA) Unknown 99 99 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 90 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 24 44 34362621976 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 78912 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 78912 (F2) Unknown 100 100 60376 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1976 (FC) Unknown 100 100 3	100% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 467 Mixed 495 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 30.1 126% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 78.2 118% 221 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 96%
Intel 520 Series 480GB-$249 1,770 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 182GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 2052995300856 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 158 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 130 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 130 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1276738 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 46 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1276738 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1103141 (F9) Unknown 100 100 39170	61.4% Good	Read 506 Write 200 Mixed 266 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 18.2 4K Mixed 17.4 72% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 99.7 DQ Mixed 66.6 75% 130 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 71%
Intel 510 Series 250GB 777 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 102GB free Firmware: PWG4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2175 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 28042 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0	47.1% Average	Read 261 Write 236 Mixed 257 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 14.5 65% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 78.9 DQ Write 44.9 DQ Mixed 25.4 29% 49.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 65%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,904 Write 539 Mixed 721 229% 1,055 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 31.2 206% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 406 DQ Mixed 233 176% 225 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 363%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 48GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22432 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 155 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 116 (AF) Unknown 100 100 459571004036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 76 404160536 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 116 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 24 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1516596 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 42 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 145 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1516596 (F2) Unknown 100 100 748448	101% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 470 Mixed 447 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 30.9 129% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 127 143% 244 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 220 147 7958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 273 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 80 14334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (10) Unknown 5 195 102099768550 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 176 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71% Very good	Read 126 Write 121 Mixed 115 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.3 120% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 98%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 202 141 8900 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 140 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 124 (10) Unknown 6 194 118766141778 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 41 (C2) HDA temperature 112 100 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	87.7% Excellent	Read 160 Write 146 Mixed 139 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.21 98% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 98%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 10TB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 297 Mixed 233 186% 248 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 5.93 4K Mixed 0.5 1,609% 13.7 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 237%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2400 C10 4x8GB 272 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 55.4 MC Mixed 33.4 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 11.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 131%

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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 $420Bench 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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Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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