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 above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	138% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180521
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '18 at 06:02
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 80.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 256 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 1,187 106% 894 Pts	64-Core 1690 105% 1690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$88 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 391GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 784 786 789 790 563 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 583 Write 702 Mixed 619 SusWrite 620 143% 631 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 51.1 195% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 379 DQ Mixed 296 245% 350 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 156%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 365GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 474 475 476 419 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 461 Mixed 446 SusWrite 436 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 54.1 202% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 129%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 194 197 197 199 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 188 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 197 111% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 88 88 89 88 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 95.5 Write 74.2 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 88.1 106% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x4GB 933 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 49.6 MC Mixed 26.6 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 10.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 141%

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Desktop 86%

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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	215x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	148x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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