Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.1% 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	46.8% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 72% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171229
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '18 at 20:48
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%
CPU Throttled	72%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 72.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 240 79% 145 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 808 74% 618 Pts	64-Core 1,249 77% 1,249 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 132 Parallax 118 94% 122 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 112 Splatting 96.8 83% 102 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 75290776710698 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2290 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 36 47 81607458852 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 48 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 450782 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 34 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 90 90 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 450782 (F2) Unknown 100 100 225554 (F9) Unknown 100 100 40604	46.8% Average	Read 446 Write 78 Mixed 190 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 9.64 74% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 8.99 24% 48.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 79%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 133 133 30090985871 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1086 (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 99 99 7065 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1037 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1253 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1253 (C2) HDA temperature 130 130 270584578094 (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	85.4% Excellent	Read 149 Write 148 Mixed 110 101% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 3.16 4K Mixed 0.49 148% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 113%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 463GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 175 3950 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4108 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1332 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4053 (C2) HDA temperature 109 94 38 (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	54% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 98.3 Mixed 89.2 70% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 179GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 187 181 14928 (03) Spinup time 179 176 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5583 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 21 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6878 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 899 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25932 (C2) HDA temperature 108 93 39 (C4) Reallocation count 179 179 21 (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 194 192 2486	60.2% Good	Read 113 Write 96.4 Mixed 132 87% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.19 80% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	41.3% Average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 11.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 8.7 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 94.8 42% 94.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 88%

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

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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 $420Bench 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 $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 $45	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