Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.3% 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 Drive113% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME X299-A  (all builds)
Memory9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170808
Uptime3 Days
Run DateOct 28 '20 at 05:13
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User NZL-User
Background CPU 24%
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 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7740X-$62
LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Memory 92.3
1-Core 135
2-Core 249
90% 159 Pts
4-Core 442
8-Core 693
70% 568 Pts
64-Core 670
42% 670 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 96%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.3% Very good
Lighting 111
Reflection 139
Parallax 124
91% 125 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 126
Splatting 0
57% 79.4 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 79.3%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 117 68 80 65 67 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 742
Write 222
Mixed 269
SusWrite 95.8
72% 332 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 48.6
169% 63.2 MB/s
DQ Read 657
DQ Write 485
DQ Mixed 362
327% 501 MB/s
Poor: 86%
This bench: 113%
Great: 144%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
210GB free
Firmware: CC49
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 113 115 113 114 109 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive
Read 170
Write 148
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 112
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.2% Good
MC Read 25.4
MC Write 25.2
MC Mixed 20
67% 23.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 19.3
SC Mixed 20
51% 17.8 GB/s
Latency 63.5
63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 66.2%
Great: 94%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME X299-A Builds (Compare 1,269 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-A

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $744
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