Asus WS X299 SAGE

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 130% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	240% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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

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Motherboard	Asus WS X299 SAGE (all builds)
Memory	119 GB free of 128 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171213
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 21:18
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,511 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 82.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 238 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 859 76% 645 Pts	64-Core 2,623 162% 2,623 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 182 Parallax 185 138% 179 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 167 Splatting 117 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 774GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1354 1226 1223 1224 1225 1210 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,635 Write 1,622 Mixed 764 SusWrite 1,244 295% 1,316 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 52.5 189% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,083 DQ Write 759 DQ Mixed 851 654% 898 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 302%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$96 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 173 173 171 172 173 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 138 Write 214 Mixed 106 SusWrite 174 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 391% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 108%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 5.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 198 196 183 199 203 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 109%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 200 196 198 201 200 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 109%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 152 153 152 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 130 Mixed 103 SusWrite 153 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 100%
StoreJet Transcend 2TB 4,473 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 35.7 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 37.7 49% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 8x16GB 328 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	126% Outstanding	MC Read 42.5 MC Write 67 MC Mixed 44.5 147% 51.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 10.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 177%

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

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Typical WS X299 SAGE Builds (Compare 261 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 132%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 166%

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Motherboard: Asus WS X299 SAGE

CPU
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	35x
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	33x
Core i9-7920XIntel $250Bench 82%, 5,430 samples	20x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	44x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	17x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	24x
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $320Bench 327%, 38,669 samples	20x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
CMW64GX4M4C3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 87%, 461 samples	8x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	7x
9905701-017.A00G 2x16GBKingstonBench 84%, 297 samples	7x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $1,584

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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