Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	55.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170613
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 20:57
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7920X-$250 5,430 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 74.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 289 91% 170 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 1,159 102% 868 Pts	64-Core 2,394 148% 2,394 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 117 Reflection 117 Parallax 115 95% 116 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 104 Splatting 90 78% 96.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15038 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 104 (B1) Unknown 98 98 94 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6659347159	114% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 474 Mixed 509 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 42.9 159% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 163 174% 290 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 39GB free Firmware: R112 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5057866 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -74363063729147 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 969 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 951 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 47 38657785879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5057866 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5057866 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5057866 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15146 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9463 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9463 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6733	69% Good	Read 503 Write 120 Mixed 178 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 17.3 121% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 38.2 60% 114 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 81%
WD Red Pro 6TB (2015)-$239 995 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 2.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 134 134 42980803068 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 52 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 17 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5651 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 15723 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 15723 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 201864511524 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68.6% Good	Read 126 Write 113 Mixed 118 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.36 112% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 122%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 202GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 155 10816 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 100 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (10) Unknown 2 198 51507412643 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 28 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 37 (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	84.6% Excellent	Read 163 Write 131 Mixed 125 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 3.09 4K Mixed 0.22 112% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 100%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 109GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 174 6100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 631 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 628 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2374 (C2) HDA temperature 121 101 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	50.9% Above average	Read 65.8 Write 112 Mixed 70.4 62% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.16 47% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x16GB 9,153 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 45.8 MC Mixed 34 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 8.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 90.7 44% 90.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 140%

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Gaming 103%

UFO

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 104%

UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING - $275

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	486x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	335x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	382x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	118x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	81x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	72x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	63x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	54x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	41x
F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 85%, 19,774 samples	23x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,343

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