EVGA X299 DARK

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	262% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	EVGA X299 DARK (all builds)
Memory	22 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kolorów,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211122
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 10 '22 at 22:44
Run Duration	325 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7960X-$347 2,322 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 74.3 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 199 69% 123 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 865 73% 631 Pts	64-Core 2,338 145% 2,338 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-Ti 16,406 User benchmarks, average bench 232% EVGA(3842 4981) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 512.59 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 264 Reflection 309 Parallax 350 215% 307 fps	Gravity 269 Splatting 172 189% 221 fps
Poor: 205% Great: 247%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEKNU512GZ 512GB 19,397 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 1545 1530 1524 1197 350 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 1,958 Write 1,549 Mixed 1,238 SusWrite 1,047 324% 1448 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 94.3 301% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 443 DQ Write 686 DQ Mixed 406 352% 512 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 290%
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$4 10,188 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 365GB free Firmware: 005C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 887 565 566 570 570 570 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,991 Write 1,171 Mixed 1,205 SusWrite 621 277% 1,247 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 81 245% 89.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,108 DQ Write 869 DQ Mixed 993 742% 990 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 293%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 110GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 321 318 320 318 318 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 436 Mixed 400 SusWrite 335 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 39.3 134% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 350 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 109GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 454 455 456 455 454 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 453 Mixed 358 SusWrite 454 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 33 116% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 345 262% 354 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 124%
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 480GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 254GB free Firmware: 1.37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 109 110 111 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 140 Write 101 Mixed 140 SusWrite 110 28% 123 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 14.1 44% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 93.3 DQ Write 42.4 DQ Mixed 61 47% 65.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 33%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 71GB free Firmware: JKAOA28A SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 77 77 76 76 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 60.2 Write 67.4 Mixed 38.6 SusWrite 75.9 44% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 69%
Seagate ST9500530NS 500GB 211 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 292GB free Firmware: SN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 72 72 72 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 64.9 Write 69.6 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 71.6 46% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 54%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 45GB free Firmware: JKAOA28A SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 60 53 53 63 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 108 Write 124 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 55.9 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 69%
FCR-HS3 -3 128GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 23GB free, PID 6348 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 56 59 58 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 85.9 Write 55.5 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 56.6 79% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 4.1 271% 5.3 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 55.5 MC Mixed 34.4 125% 43.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 9.1 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 91.8 44% 91.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 115%

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Motherboard: EVGA X299 DARK

CPU
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	60x
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	42x
Core i9-10920XIntel $850Bench 87%, 3,007 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	33x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	31x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	30x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	20x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	19x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	12x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	144x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	79x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	25x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,574

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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