Asrock X299 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	254% 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

18 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock X299 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210519
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '22 at 17:19
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7940X-$654 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 79.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 240 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 959 85% 722 Pts	64-Core 2,155 133% 2,155 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E417) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.20.27.07 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 146 Parallax 192 104% 155 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 146 Splatting 97.5 97% 122 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1466 1451 1399 1326 1272 976 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 1,900 Write 1,362 Mixed 664 SusWrite 1,315 292% 1,310 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 62 212% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 833 DQ Write 618 DQ Mixed 743 550% 731 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 292%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 12GB free Firmware: M3CR023 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 507 Write 449 Mixed 439 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 50.2 163% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 290 237% 338 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 326 325 325 323 325 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 415 Mixed 393 SusWrite 340 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 53.9 180% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 353 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x4GB 5,222 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	MC Read 47.5 MC Write 67.5 MC Mixed 45 152% 53.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 10.1 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 148%

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

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Gaming 155%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 168%

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Motherboard: Asrock X299 Steel Legend

CPU
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	71x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	41x
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	30x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	23x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	23x
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	20x

SSD
860 Pro 512GBSamsung $150Bench 110%, 16,934 samples	14x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	14x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	11x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	46x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	29x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	24x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $1,060

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16