Asus WS X299 SAGE

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.6% 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	174% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus WS X299 SAGE (all builds)
Memory	57.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '21 at 19:54
Run Duration	497 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900X-$590 3,521 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 72 1-Core 123 2-Core 249 80% 148 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 882 80% 675 Pts	64-Core 1,637 101% 1,637 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 1071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 105 Parallax 126 95% 116 fps	MRender 165 Gravity 119 Splatting 96.8 100% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 802 1063 93 81 97 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,123 Write 990 Mixed 1,003 SusWrite 371 195% 872 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 65 230% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 685 DQ Write 905 DQ Mixed 272 351% 621 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 295%
Corsair CSSD-V32GB2 32GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 30GB free Firmware: 2.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 57 58 58 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	24% Poor	Read 140 Write 65.7 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 57.8 19% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 8.5 51% 13 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 27%
Patriot Pyro 60GB-$125 630 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 10GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 67 67 70 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 140 Write 73.6 Mixed 94.1 SusWrite 68.2 21% 94 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 22.3 93% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 72.3 DQ Mixed 90.1 71% 100 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 158 162 160 158 158 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 119 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 156 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 159 163 161 162 159 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GB 3,127 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 50.6 MC Mixed 30.4 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 9.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 96.9 41% 96.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 130%

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Gaming 132%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 166%

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Motherboard: Asus WS X299 SAGE

CPU
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	35x
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	33x
Core i9-7920XIntel $250Bench 82%, 5,430 samples	21x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	44x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	17x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	24x
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $320Bench 327%, 38,669 samples	21x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
CMW64GX4M4C3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 87%, 461 samples	8x
9905701-017.A00G 2x16GBKingstonBench 84%, 297 samples	8x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	7x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $1,584

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 $40	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