Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	237% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200904
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '21 at 23:48
Run Duration	541 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7940X-$654 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 80.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 254 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 950 87% 729 Pts	64-Core 2,192 136% 2,192 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 140 Parallax 129 106% 133 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 132 Splatting 117 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 273GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1249 1067 1061 1035 993 1037 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,231 Write 1,527 Mixed 1,373 SusWrite 1,074 346% 1,551 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 52.1 185% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,028 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 234 256% 459 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 372%
Areca ARC-1883-VOL#000 15TB 3TB free Firmware: R001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1433 1009 870 1129 984 1006 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 283GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1765 1226 1116 1150 1063 1125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,158 Write 1,731 Mixed 1454 SusWrite 1,241 368% 1646 MB/s	4K Read 63.6 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 51.8 192% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1041 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 161 218% 428 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 168GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 399 387 381 374 363 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 477 Mixed 430 SusWrite 383 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 61.3 207% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 174 171 153 160 175 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 39 39 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 36 Write 37.2 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 39.7 28% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.6 215% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 94%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 964GB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 39 39 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 36.7 Mixed 36.2 SusWrite 39.7 28% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 224% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 82 85 84 83 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 54.5 Write 41.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 84 38% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.5 189% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 6.5TB free Firmware: AR13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 20 15 16 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 19.5 Write 20 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 17.8 16% 20.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 59% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 559GB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 103 102 100 94 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 57 Write 92.2 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 98.9 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 196% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GB 9,100 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2412 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 53.7 MC Mixed 32.5 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 10.6 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

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

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING - $275

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	486x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	336x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	383x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	151x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	118x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	81x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	72x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	64x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	54x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	42x
F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 85%, 19,774 samples	23x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,343

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16