Asus WS X299 SAGE

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	121% 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	120.9 GB free of 128 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '20 at 18:45
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 244 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 859 73% 627 Pts	64-Core 2,609 162% 2,609 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% 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 (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 191 Parallax 187 134% 181 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 168 Splatting 118 110% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% 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% 773GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1310 1169 1200 1203 1198 1187 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,628 Write 1,653 Mixed 705 SusWrite 1,211 291% 1,299 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 51.1 187% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,172 DQ Write 764 DQ Mixed 891 685% 942 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 302%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$97 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 171 173 172 174 173 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 127 Write 209 Mixed 96.5 SusWrite 174 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 347% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 108%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 5.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 194 200 188 203 205 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: 189 184 190 193 185 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 187 Mixed 72 SusWrite 189 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 328% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 146 150 148 151 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 142 Mixed 105 SusWrite 149 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.9% 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: 38 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 36 Mixed 33 SusWrite 38 50% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.1% 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 42.8 MC Write 67.6 MC Mixed 43.8 147% 51.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 11.1 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 177%

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Gaming 132%

UFO

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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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