Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 15:50
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	CIV-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$130 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 156 2-Core 281 100% 178 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 740 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 840 52% 840 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 68.8 65% 75.9 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 74.3 60% 73 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 733 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (A5) Unknown 100 100 73021128779 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 50 214748364846 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 107375231001 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 278 (EA) Unknown 100 100 708 (F1) Unknown 253 253 541 (F2) Unknown 253 253 509 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51.9% Above average	Read 492 Write 122 Mixed 233 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 4.17 83% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 70 DQ Mixed 0.44 14% 32.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 70%
Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT166 2TB 873 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 357GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 2808 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5519 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 8613128587 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 871 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098621 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 63 38 1641300492325 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5923 (C2) HDA temperature 37 62 42949672997 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 3 2808 (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 -16295105907703 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2124875043 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4197333935	54.3% Above average	Read 69.9 Write 119 Mixed 76.8 66% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.36 67% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 281GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 48579624 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13140 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 39 39 2203323134715 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 36882 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 463 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 589365283 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 28 28 144994 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 51539607587 (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 -71554155146128 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11435492468 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17740309994	83.4% Excellent	Read 163 Write 128 Mixed 154 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.22 58% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 113%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 315GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 158 6625 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17718 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 55763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2359 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 223 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17715 (C2) HDA temperature 116 93 34 (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	45.6% Average	Read 91.5 Write 67.1 Mixed 63.1 55% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.36 93% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 268GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118052394 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9698 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10820986 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 50317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1595 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 47 622919717 (C2) HDA temperature 37 53 47244640293 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 19 118052394 (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 100815767356929 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1763506526 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1723126860	60% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 110 Mixed 105 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.53 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 68%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 262GB free Firmware: CV22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 228316592 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5035 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 12999734379 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 38969 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 567 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1146 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 606076963 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 199 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5052 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 51539607587 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	76.8% Very good	Read 142 Write 126 Mixed 110 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.12 60% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 113%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 234GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84369154 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16776 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 54 279188669750 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 49469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1504 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 97 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 38 1417945350180 (C2) HDA temperature 36 62 34359738404 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 26 84369154 (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 -100235946713455 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1527242202 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2681589975	47.8% Average	Read 81.5 Write 85 Mixed 67.4 58% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.27 74% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 61%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 601GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 41 Write 39.5 Mixed 37.5 50% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 13,232 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 28.9 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 33.1 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

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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 $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