Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 148% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 153% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	160% 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	380% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '19 at 13:33
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 84.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 235 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 1,054 94% 794 Pts	64-Core 1,472 91% 1,472 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3715) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	160% Outstanding	Lighting 221 Reflection 223 Parallax 240 180% 228 fps	MRender 263 Gravity 226 Splatting 136 162% 208 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1771 1967 1960 2031 2056 2049 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	380% Outstanding	Read 2,624 Write 2,136 Mixed 1,495 SusWrite 1,972 461% 2,057 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 211 4K Mixed 89.7 320% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 1,362 DQ Write 1,149 DQ Mixed 1,214 921% 1,242 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 380% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 489 489 489 489 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 487 Mixed 384 SusWrite 489 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 51.7 185% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 350 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 233GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1356 312 314 313 310 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,130 Write 1,536 Mixed 681 SusWrite 486 267% 1,208 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 213 4K Mixed 64.5 267% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,082 DQ Write 1,293 DQ Mixed 733 679% 1,036 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 500GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 177 174 170 176 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 140 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 174 89% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.1 382% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 8,912 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 66.8 MC Mixed 35.9 131% 45.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 11.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 125%

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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 $455Bench 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 $273	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 $178	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