Asus PRIME X299-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 138% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	245% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A II (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190823
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '21 at 11:02
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9980XE-$1,067 2,201 User benchmarks, average bench 83% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 249 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 1,033 89% 764 Pts	64-Core 3,223 200% 3,223 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8661) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.73 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 213 Parallax 124 112% 158 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 151 Splatting 126 123% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$192 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1355 1252 1119 1238 1347 1346 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,407 Write 1,421 Mixed 1,043 SusWrite 1,276 290% 1,287 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 64.1 245% 95.3 MB/s	DQ Read 895 DQ Write 701 DQ Mixed 321 370% 639 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 282%
CT2000BX500SSD1 2TB 12,882 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1TB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 431 432 425 33 32 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 481 Write 425 Mixed 408 SusWrite 300 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 18.5 81% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 41.4 89% 177 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 99%
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA2000CM10002 2TB 772 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 981GB free Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 458 463 454 264 291 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 461 Mixed 398 SusWrite 401 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 38.3 135% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 228 203% 307 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Crucial_CT2050MX300SSD1 2TB 2,359 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 459 331 275 273 278 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 90.3 Write 460 Mixed 368 SusWrite 346 73% 316 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 34 117% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 281 211% 279 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3600C18K2D 4x8GB 451 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 27 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 12.1 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 137%

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

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Gaming 177%

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Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

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	203x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,280Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	96x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	93x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	83x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	77x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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: $1,375

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