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 as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	89.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 02:23
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 1,023 98% 807 Pts	64-Core 1,599 99% 1,599 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1586 MHz, MLim: 1955 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.31 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12701 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5373 (B1) Unknown 89 89 126 (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 64 48 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 236 (F1) Unknown 99 99 99596269799	89.9% Excellent	Read 513 Write 355 Mixed 358 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 24.5 125% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 79.1 104% 189 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 126%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 15GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 125988570679208 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5673 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 992 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8298 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8294 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8294 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15484	39.4% Below average	Read 184 Write 63.4 Mixed 97.1 25% 115 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 12.7 86% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 77.3 DQ Write 65.1 DQ Mixed 23.3 31% 55.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 51%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 6GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3257 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1481 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 66 41 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 92 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12734601913
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD My Passport 500GB 3,424 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 11GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 57.7 Write 65.6 Mixed 54.8 77% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.18 69% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3400 C16 4x4GB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 63 MC Mixed 32.1 121% 42.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 10.9 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 118%

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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 $420Bench 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 $300	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