Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	166% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '18 at 17:34
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 78.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 288 90% 169 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 490 73% 531 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2552 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 158 Parallax 131 119% 145 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 138 Splatting 116 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 446GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49518749	112% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 415 Mixed 431 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 43.8 169% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 115 143% 254 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 129%
Nvme INTEL SSDPEDMW80 800GB 221 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 821 Write 793 Mixed 940 191% 851 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 45.2 202% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 611 DQ Write 446 DQ Mixed 217 247% 425 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 224%
WD Red Pro 4TB (2014)-$189 679 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 141 11425 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2634 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12581 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1020 (10) Unknown 2 198 44948099002 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6733 (C2) HDA temperature 120 99 32 (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	92.7% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 162 Mixed 168 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 3.27 4K Mixed 0.29 122% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 168GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56010424 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3588 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 52679234 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12042 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1300 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 488177693 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23151 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 51539607581 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 15278 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 41639707942119 (F1) Unknown 100 253 60683974658 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33347258393	87.2% Excellent	Read 159 Write 146 Mixed 145 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.4% Above average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 15.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 10.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 164%

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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 $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