Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics125% 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 Drive90.6% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME X299-A  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180803
Uptime1.8 Days
Run DateNov 07 '18 at 08:02
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU 12%

 PC Performing below expectations (24th 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 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
74.2% Very good
Memory 70.7
1-Core 124
2-Core 224
77% 140 Pts
4-Core 417
8-Core 715
69% 566 Pts
64-Core 980
61% 980 Pts
Poor: 69%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 171
Reflection 186
Parallax 198
139% 185 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 175
Splatting 125
114% 141 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
392GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 250 306 306 307 295 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
90.6% Outstanding
Read 453
Write 310
Mixed 289
SusWrite 279
74% 333 MB/s
4K Read 25.9
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 32.1
134% 52.9 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 244
208% 305 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 90.6%
Great: 129%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 111 146 152 152 157 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
67.9% Good
Read 100
Write 116
Mixed 50.5
SusWrite 137
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 67.9%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$63
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
43.4% Average
MC Read 12.9
MC Write 20.8
MC Mixed 12.6
44% 15.4 GB/s
SC Read 7.6
SC Write 18.9
SC Mixed 9.1
34% 11.9 GB/s
Latency 99.9
40% 99.9 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 43.4%
Great: 102%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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