Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 123% UFO


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% 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	196% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 08:23
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 87.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 283 91% 168 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 1,106 97% 822 Pts	64-Core 1,580 98% 1,580 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 199 Parallax 212 128% 189 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 184 Splatting 136 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 14,022 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 411GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,893 Write 914 Mixed 1,084 285% 1,297 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 39.8 133% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 538 DQ Write 479 DQ Mixed 179 224% 399 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 235%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205973448 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 200 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2509030 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 326 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 43 2762303668260 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 562 (C2) HDA temperature 36 57 81604378660 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 7705171329671 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2767149116 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50780569180	105% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 173 Mixed 139 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 4.75 4K Mixed 0.82 212% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMD16GX4M4B3600C18 CMD16GX4M4B3200C16-R CMD16GX4M4B3600C18 CMD16GX4M4B3200C16-R CMD16GX4M4B3600C18 CMD16GX4M4B3200C16-R CMD16GX4M4B3600C18 CMD16GX4M4B3200C16-R 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 3400, 3400, 3400, 3400, 3400, 3400, 3400, 3400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	117% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 69 MC Mixed 36.9 135% 47.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 11.6 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 117%

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

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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 $455Bench 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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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) $35	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