Asus WS X299 SAGE

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	94.3% 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.
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 WS X299 SAGE (all builds)
Memory	57.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 02:36
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900X-$590 3,521 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 75.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 252 81% 150 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 958 83% 709 Pts	64-Core 1,786 110% 1,786 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 1071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 120 Parallax 135 103% 127 fps	MRender 167 Gravity 119 Splatting 98.2 102% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 402 393 366 184 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 400 Mixed 364 SusWrite 305 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43 157% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 309 218% 271 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 134%
Corsair CSSD-V32GB2 32GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 30GB free Firmware: 2.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 58 57 56 58 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 136 Write 65 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 57.8 18% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 7.9 50% 12.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 27%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 761GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 910 963 1068 1209 1226 1230 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,192 Write 1,234 Mixed 900 SusWrite 1,101 249% 1,107 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 63.3 227% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 658 DQ Write 864 DQ Mixed 34.6 229% 519 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 295%
Patriot Pyro 60GB-$125 630 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 10GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 65 67 68 69 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 176 Write 74.7 Mixed 104 SusWrite 67.8 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 24.3 103% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 73.7 DQ Write 76.1 DQ Mixed 20.6 30% 56.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 51%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 128 125 132 133 133 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 96 Write 61.5 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 129 57% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 0.5 241% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 341GB free Firmware: 0739 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 129 141 140 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	79% Very good	Read 138 Write 112 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 137 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 97%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 51 MC Mixed 31.7 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 9.6 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 130%

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Gaming 132%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 166%

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Motherboard: Asus WS X299 SAGE

CPU
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	35x
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	33x
Core i9-7920XIntel $250Bench 82%, 5,430 samples	21x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	44x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	17x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	24x
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $320Bench 327%, 38,669 samples	21x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $97Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
CMW64GX4M4C3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 87%, 461 samples	8x
9905701-017.A00G 2x16GBKingstonBench 84%, 297 samples	8x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	7x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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