Asus WS X299 SAGE

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	157% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus WS X299 SAGE (all builds)
Memory	114.8 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191003
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '19 at 22:42
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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-$1,286 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 70.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 210 73% 131 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 785 71% 599 Pts	64-Core 2,570 159% 2,570 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.28 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 183 Parallax 181 137% 177 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 172 Splatting 118 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 229 224 246 222 278 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,607 Write 216 Mixed 412 SusWrite 246 134% 620 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 49.7 181% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 625 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 529 381% 499 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 353%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 676GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 88 87 97 87 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 96 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 91.9 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 62%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 145 143 151 141 158 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	62% Good	Read 66.8 Write 142 Mixed 40 SusWrite 149 72% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 87% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 121%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 510GB free Firmware: 03.00C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 94 93 103 94 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 103 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 98.3 70% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 62%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 565GB free Firmware: 03.00C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 87 86 96 86 95 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 87.3 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 90.4 61% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 62%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 139 136 148 133 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 148 Write 156 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 142 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.9 202% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 121%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 112 110 123 109 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 128 Write 119 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 116 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 98%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 3.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 129 125 140 124 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	58% Above average	Read 154 Write 148 Mixed 79 SusWrite 132 170% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 112% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 60%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 106 103 118 104 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 121 Write 121 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 110 141% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 106% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 8x16GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 46.8 MC Mixed 30.4 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 9.1 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 179%

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Gaming 132%

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Desktop 91%

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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	21x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	44x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 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	21x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

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

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $1,584

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 $179	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