Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	313% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190214
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '19 at 14:50
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 82.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 855 85% 695 Pts	64-Core 1,117 69% 1,117 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 195 Parallax 192 148% 190 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 180 Splatting 128 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 284GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1310 855 837 848 843 836 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,538 Write 2,230 Mixed 1,788 SusWrite 922 418% 1,869 MB/s	4K Read 65.3 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 92.8 313% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,400 DQ Write 1,209 DQ Mixed 1,302 976% 1,303 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 313%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 629GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 798 343 130 125 123 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 845 Write 721 Mixed 562 SusWrite 274 134% 601 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 45.7 158% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 639 DQ Write 631 DQ Mixed 489 408% 586 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 291%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 193GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1353 314 313 315 315 314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,442 Write 1,470 Mixed 1,061 SusWrite 487 302% 1,365 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 232 4K Mixed 84.3 313% 124 MB/s	DQ Read 970 DQ Write 1,286 DQ Mixed 992 787% 1,083 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 280%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.5% Above average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 14.9 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 11 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 90%

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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 $400Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	149x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	192x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16