Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	231% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 03:57
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$281 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 251 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 653 63% 521 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 96%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB 18,375 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1168 828 831 673 578 541 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1911 Write 2,022 Mixed 1,638 SusWrite 770 356% 1,585 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 64.4 201% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1147 DQ Write 843 DQ Mixed 1,045 768% 1,012 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 296%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 60GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,036 Write 7,108 Mixed 6,835 1,633% 7,326 MB/s	4K Read 628 4K Write 336 4K Mixed 413 1,659% 459 MB/s	DQ Read 1,678 DQ Write 1,105 DQ Mixed 1,158 927% 1,314 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 40GB free Firmware: M312 SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 416 416 421 317 380 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 422 Mixed 332 SusWrite 393 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 35.1 138% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 253 213% 309 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 855GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 173 172 172 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 171 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 173 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 594GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 147 148 150 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 172 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 148 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 221% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 26.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 28.8 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 104%

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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	335x
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	382x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	63x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	54x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	41x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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