Asus ROG STRIX X299-XE GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.1% 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	288% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X299-XE GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '18 at 07:43
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 68.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 80% 148 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 946 86% 722 Pts	64-Core 1,418 88% 1,418 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 118 Parallax 101 90% 110 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 104 Splatting 107 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 440GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1607 1481 1543 1481 1510 1511 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 1,880 Write 1,752 Mixed 1,210 SusWrite 1522 357% 1,591 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 61.3 259% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,010 DQ Write 845 DQ Mixed 960 710% 938 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 393%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 233GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1014 555 308 308 309 310 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,228 Write 1,004 Mixed 592 SusWrite 467 183% 823 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 40.5 185% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,031 DQ Write 913 DQ Mixed 646 573% 863 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 236%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$97 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 185 180 188 181 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 211 Mixed 105 SusWrite 184 123% 168 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 385% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Lacie P9237 Desktop 4TB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1153 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 176 174 177 182 183 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 2x8GB 633 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.3% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 13.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 9.3 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 103%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X299-XE GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	69x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	40x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	47x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	34x
RTX 2080Nvidia $389Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	22x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	12x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	12x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	11x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	12x
CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x16GBGEILBench 78%, 329 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBCorsairBench 89%, 5,810 samples	7x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,143

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16