Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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.
ProcessorWith 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics9.49% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive136% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardAsus PRIME X299-A  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20171229
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 02 '18 at 08:38
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing below expectations (40th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216
LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
74.2% Very good
Memory 74.5
1-Core 116
2-Core 184
72% 125 Pts
4-Core 396
8-Core 780
70% 588 Pts
64-Core 1,059
66% 1,059 Pts
Poor: 69%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 7750
Sapphire(174B 2312) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.152.0.0
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
9.49% Terrible
Lighting 11.6
Reflection 13.5
Parallax 14.5
10% 13.2 fps
MRender 11.4
Gravity 10.9
Splatting 12.3
10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 9.49%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme WDC WDS512G1X0C- 512GB
355GB free (System drive)
Firmware: B355 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
136% Outstanding
Read 1,581
Write 489
Mixed 431
180% 834 MB/s
4K Read 34.7
4K Write 53.2
4K Mixed 15.9
101% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 392
DQ Write 221
DQ Mixed 39.6
101% 218 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 136%
Great: 153%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 120GB
112GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
42.6% Average
Read 373
Write 119
Mixed 176
49% 223 MB/s
4K Read 12.4
4K Write 32.7
4K Mixed 11
50% 18.7 MB/s
DQ Read 121
DQ Write 122
DQ Mixed 35.1
50% 92.7 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 42.6%
Great: 94%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
834GB free
Firmware: MX4O
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
89.5% Excellent
Read 160
Write 152
Mixed 156
118% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.68
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.19
85% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6B1 1x16GB
1 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
34.6% Below average
MC Read 10.1
MC Write 14.5
MC Mixed 9.1
32% 11.2 GB/s
SC Read 10
SC Write 17.8
SC Mixed 10
36% 12.6 GB/s
Latency 91.5
44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 34.6%
Great: 51%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME X299-A Builds (Compare 1,269 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 93%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-A

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $744
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