Asus WS X299 SAGE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus WS X299 SAGE (all builds)
Memory	53.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181130
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 18 '19 at 02:20
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7940X-$654 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 1,201 106% 900 Pts	64-Core 2,834 175% 2,834 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2570 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$265 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 740 682 509 510 508 470 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 135%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 366GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 447 329 134 119 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 433 Mixed 371 SusWrite 267 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 52 173% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 194 154% 213 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 195GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 448 448 444 444 289 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 429 Mixed 401 SusWrite 417 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 48.7 155% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 216 165% 222 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 183 184 173 182 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 123 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 181 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3466 C16 4x16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	MC Read 47.6 MC Write 75.7 MC Mixed 47.4 163% 56.9 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 13.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 172%

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

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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	36x
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 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	18x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	24x
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $320Bench 327%, 38,669 samples	22x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 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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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16