Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	257% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190925
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 14:45
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 83.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 766 72% 600 Pts	64-Core 1,053 65% 1,053 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81.9% 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: 441.20 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 190 Parallax 188 147% 186 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 179 Splatting 126 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB 335 User benchmarks, average bench 284% 237GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 1106 877 878 879 853 866 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,277 Write 2,286 Mixed 1,628 SusWrite 910 398% 1,775 MB/s	4K Read 61.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 89 276% 93.2 MB/s	DQ Read 662 DQ Write 371 DQ Mixed 578 414% 537 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 341%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 433GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 2036 1182 804 807 808 808 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,979 Write 1,922 Mixed 1,620 SusWrite 1,074 422% 1899 MB/s	4K Read 64.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 75.2 253% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 424 DQ Mixed 590 391% 462 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 313%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 122GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,328 Write 1,471 Mixed 903 344% 1,568 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 75.5 242% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 430 DQ Write 375 DQ Mixed 564 379% 457 MB/s
Poor: 160% 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	54.4% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 15.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 10.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 90%

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

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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 $420Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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