Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 99%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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.
ProcessorWith 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics121% 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.
Memory64GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME X299-A  (all builds)
Memory54.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181102
Uptime3.8 Days
Run DateSep 29 '22 at 23:10
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 97%

 PC Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-7920X-$250
LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
72% Very good
Memory 64
1-Core 108
2-Core 219
71% 130 Pts
4-Core 429
8-Core 842
75% 635 Pts
64-Core 1,881
116% 1,881 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 72%
Great: 91%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 516.94
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
121% Outstanding
Lighting 159
Reflection 191
Parallax 198
129% 183 fps
MRender 136
Gravity 182
Splatting 125
119% 148 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 121%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139
17GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,642
Write 1266
Mixed 735
268% 1,214 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 47.4
169% 62.9 MB/s
DQ Read 896
DQ Write 669
DQ Mixed 777
582% 781 MB/s
Poor: 159% Great: 353%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB
23GB free
Firmware: SDM2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 80 83 60 80 69 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
30.9% Below average
Read 33.9
Write 67.7
Mixed 49.4
SusWrite 72.4
41% 55.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 0.3
144% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 30.9%
Great: 71%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GB
4 of 8 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
51.6% Above average
MC Read 16.5
MC Write 24.7
MC Mixed 15.7
54% 19 GB/s
SC Read 9
SC Write 20.7
SC Mixed 9.8
38% 13.2 GB/s
Latency 117
34% 117 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 51.6%
Great: 130%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME X299-A Builds (Compare 1,269 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-A

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $744
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