Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	276% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	119.6 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170808
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 00:38
Run Duration	101 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$1,511 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 83.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 255 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 1,033 88% 754 Pts	64-Core 3,225 200% 3,225 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 95%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 782GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,026 Write 1,836 Mixed 1,770 419% 1,877 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 58.4 184% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 580 DQ Write 538 DQ Mixed 257 276% 459 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 363%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 7.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 138 138 30090133888 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 130 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 123 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 179 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 219044249645 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 179 Mixed 167 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 4.52 4K Mixed 0.35 173% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 7.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 138 138 30090068355 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 114 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 158 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 184684511271 (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	91.8% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 139 Mixed 183 127% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 3.32 4K Mixed 0.39 147% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C14 8x16GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2934 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	129% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 67.3 MC Mixed 47.5 151% 52.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 10.7 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 174%

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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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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