Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	263% 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	96GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 96GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	93.4 GB free of 96 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '19 at 16:54
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 84.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 297 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 1,144 102% 865 Pts	64-Core 1,652 102% 1,652 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 120 Parallax 101 87% 109 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 101 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1297 304 306 306 306 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,260 Write 1498 Mixed 632 SusWrite 471 268% 1,215 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 256 4K Mixed 67.4 298% 125 MB/s	DQ Read 1,142 DQ Write 1,298 DQ Mixed 866 750% 1,102 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 338GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 494 497 497 497 498 498 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 490 Mixed 426 SusWrite 497 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 68.1 233% 84.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 134%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 428GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 193 191 195 195 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 192 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 193 109% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 148% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FBD BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FBD BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FBD BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FBD 96GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	111% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 61.7 MC Mixed 35.6 126% 44.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 12.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 130%

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Desktop 86%

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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 $295	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 $40	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