Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive86.1% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME X299-A  (all builds)
Memory20.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180803
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateSep 20 '18 at 11:26
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 37%
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 PC Performing as expected (44th 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, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
78.4% Very good
Memory 79.8
1-Core 118
2-Core 230
79% 142 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 670
66% 542 Pts
64-Core 962
60% 962 Pts
Poor: 69%
This bench: 78.4%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 146
Parallax 136
108% 138 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 131
Splatting 109
95% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVM01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 416 413 430 429 425 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
86.1% Excellent
Read 441
Write 413
Mixed 269
SusWrite 422
87% 386 MB/s
4K Read 16.4
4K Write 90.3
4K Mixed 20.3
99% 42.3 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 323
238% 308 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 86.1%
Great: 131%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149
5.5TB free
Firmware: DN04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 213 212 219 218 217 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 118%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMW32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
88% Excellent
MC Read 23.8
MC Write 54.3
MC Mixed 25.7
99% 34.6 GB/s
SC Read 7.2
SC Write 23.1
SC Mixed 9.8
38% 13.4 GB/s
Latency 80.9
49% 80.9 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 88%
Great: 113%

 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%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-A

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