Asus PRIME X299-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 44%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	91.3% 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 Drive	60.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A II (all builds)
Memory	52.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200305
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '21 at 04:47
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9960X-$1,579 850 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	44% Average	Memory 68.4 1-Core 95.8 2-Core 108 57% 90.8 Pts	4-Core 113 8-Core 132 16% 123 Pts	64-Core 123 8% 123 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 102 Parallax 110 96% 110 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 89.3 82% 102 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS200T2B0B-00YS70 2TB 5,778 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 266 330 312 425 440 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 192 Write 279 Mixed 249 SusWrite 335 60% 264 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 28.7 4K Mixed 14.1 57% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 224 199% 300 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 118%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 325GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 261 348 325 441 448 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	75% Very good	Read 342 Write 334 Mixed 323 SusWrite 346 76% 336 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 33.5 4K Mixed 26.5 76% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 25GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 82 89 88 91 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 40.5 Mixed 64.1 SusWrite 88.4 53% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 112%
Seagate ST10000NM0086-2AA101 10TB 462 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 6.5TB free Firmware: SN05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 174 207 201 228 225 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 206 Mixed 89.9 SusWrite 200 129% 176 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 1.1 339% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 138%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$139 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	MC Read 5.7 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 5.1 24% 8.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 8.5 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 135%

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

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 191%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-A II

CPU
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	278x
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	212x
Core i9-10920XIntel $850Bench 87%, 3,007 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	96x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	93x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	83x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	77x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	75x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	73x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	21x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples	14x
HyperX 2666 C16 4x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 10,297 samples	13x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $1,396

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