Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% 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	125% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 18:34
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$455 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 83.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 282 91% 168 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 1,052 96% 802 Pts	64-Core 1,911 118% 1,911 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 189 Parallax 185 142% 183 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 164 Splatting 118 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 1,542 Write 291 Mixed 415 161% 749 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 17.4 116% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 41.5 93% 193 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 155%
WD Green 5TB (2014)-$170 1,889 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 190 187 9475 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1942 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 513 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 154 154 139258 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 38 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80.2% Excellent	Read 146 Write 133 Mixed 138 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.25 101% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 97%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 580GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 4341 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12937 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30820 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2370 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 929 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12007 (C2) HDA temperature 107 91 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.4% Good	Read 120 Write 90.8 Mixed 97.7 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.27 88% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 76%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 31GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 38.9 Write 37.1 Mixed 35.8 48% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.2% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 15.4 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 11.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 111%

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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 $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 $178	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