Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 148% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 185% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	161% 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 Drive	360% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	60.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 00:44
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7940X-$654 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 77.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 281 88% 164 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 1,128 99% 843 Pts	64-Core 2710 168% 2710 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2487) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	161% Outstanding	Lighting 225 Reflection 229 Parallax 247 184% 234 fps	MRender 249 Gravity 225 Splatting 140 161% 205 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 885GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2275 2299 2232 2027 2132 2070 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	360% Outstanding	Read 2,287 Write 2,098 Mixed 1,395 SusWrite 2,172 447% 1,988 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 81.1 285% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,154 DQ Write 1,009 DQ Mixed 1092 816% 1,085 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 360% Great: 425%
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 477GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 384 383 379 380 382 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 472 Mixed 435 SusWrite 381 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 61.1 209% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 261 204% 279 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 184GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 384 383 379 380 382 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 466 Mixed 426 SusWrite 381 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 53.1 197% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 310 227% 296 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 131%
WD Gold 10TB (2016)-$226 1,110 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 37.5TB free Firmware: 01.01H02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 882 748 809 870 865 793 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 133%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 5GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 1.2 0.9 2.4 2.4 2 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 22.3 Write 1.8 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 1.8 6% 7.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 102% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GB 3,127 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 58.4 MC Mixed 39 129% 45 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 9.9 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 85.7 47% 85.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 130%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	217x
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	148x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 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: 70% - Very good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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