PC PRIME X299-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics96.2% 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 Drive44.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemPC PRIME X299-A  (all builds)
MotherboardASUSTeK PRIME X299-A
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170906
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 09 '21 at 13:19
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 18%
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 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7740X-$130
LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
88.8% Excellent
Memory 90.9
1-Core 141
2-Core 255
91% 162 Pts
4-Core 466
8-Core 725
74% 596 Pts
64-Core 723
45% 723 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 88.8%
Great: 96%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
96.2% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 132
Parallax 114
100% 123 fps
MRender 136
Gravity 103
Splatting 96.6
90% 112 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 96.2%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84
17GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z3311000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 48 54 35 41 29 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
44.4% Average
Read 400
Write 155
Mixed 79.7
SusWrite 46.8
37% 170 MB/s
4K Read 9.3
4K Write 66.3
4K Mixed 10
62% 28.5 MB/s
DQ Read 160
DQ Write 176
DQ Mixed 33.4
62% 123 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 44.4%
Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
924GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 175 174 169 171 168 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 185
Write 178
Mixed 75.9
SusWrite 172
111% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 102%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CM4X8GF2133C13K4 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
69.2% Good
MC Read 26.7
MC Write 27.3
MC Mixed 20.3
71% 24.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.1
SC Write 22.4
SC Mixed 18
53% 18.5 GB/s
Latency 65.9
61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 69.2%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME X299-A Builds (Compare 20 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine

System: PC PRIME X299-A

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $746
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