Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180803
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '20 at 00:51
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CRI-User
Background CPU	2%

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-$206 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 (74^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 70.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 81% 151 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 846 81% 669 Pts	64-Core 1,049 65% 1,049 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 83B8) 1GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 405 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	1.89% Terrible	Lighting 2.37 Reflection 2.88 Parallax 1.97 2% 2.41 fps	MRender 2.81 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 1.74 2% 2.31 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.89% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKJF240A5 240GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: TG16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 173 188 195 193 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 237 Mixed 288 SusWrite 188 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 45.1 171% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 159 146% 224 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 176GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 122 122 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 125 Write 111 Mixed 66.4 SusWrite 122 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 74%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$30 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 129GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 48 49 49 49 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 18.5 Write 56.2 Mixed 18 SusWrite 48.7 26% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 76% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 43%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$60 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 321GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 131 132 132 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 144 Write 141 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 131 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 85%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 191GB free Firmware: AX1R4F SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 91 90 88 89 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	49% Average	Read 80.8 Write 82.7 Mixed 31 SusWrite 89.7 52% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.3% Above average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 14.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 10.4 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 97%

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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 $206Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	376x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	217x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	149x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	193x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	49x

RAM
BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 4x4GBCrucialBench 82%, 497 samples	53x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	32x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	26x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $734

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16