Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	247% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

CPU throttled at 72% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	119.6 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '18 at 15:23
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%
CPU Throttled	72%

PC Performing as expected (47^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-$420 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 70.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 230 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 987 88% 745 Pts	64-Core 1,752 108% 1,752 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 88% 108 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 102 Splatting 93.6 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 241GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1173 1171 1148 1079 1070 1045 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1655 Write 1,052 Mixed 675 SusWrite 1,114 250% 1,124 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 49.4 207% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,246 DQ Write 1011 DQ Mixed 974 771% 1,077 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 353%
Storejet Transcend 512GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 385GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 290 295 293 293 291 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 354 Write 284 Mixed 254 SusWrite 291 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 21.3 72% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 121 98% 137 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 71%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 391 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 444 443 433 433 436 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 436 Mixed 420 SusWrite 440 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 47 168% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 350 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 130%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE640 4TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 21GB free Firmware: MJAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 76 78 79 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 76.2 Write 78 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 78 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 92%
Lacie Rugged Mini USB3 1TB 1,056 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 65GB free Firmware: 1053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 63 Write 48.2 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 64.9 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 8x16GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 48.7 MC Mixed 30.4 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 9 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 159%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING - $275

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	486x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	335x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	382x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	118x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	81x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	72x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	63x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	54x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	41x
F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 85%, 19,774 samples	23x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,343

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 $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 $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