Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 14:16
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$393 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 69.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 80% 149 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 891 83% 692 Pts	64-Core 1,655 102% 1,655 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 150 Parallax 128 112% 139 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 320 Write 370 Mixed 255 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 35.1 118% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 214 183% 269 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 98%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 4TB 2,430 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 319GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 133 Write 39.3 Mixed 71 61% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 32% Great: 134%
Lacie P9233 8TB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 5TB free Firmware: 1053 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 124 Write 140 Mixed 102 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.6 328% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.4% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 14.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 8.6 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 94%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-A

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	376x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	217x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	149x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	193x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	49x

RAM
BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 4x4GBCrucialBench 82%, 497 samples	53x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	32x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	26x

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Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16