Asus WS X299 SAGE

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	293% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus WS X299 SAGE (all builds)
Memory	60.5 GB free of 128 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220524
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '23 at 18:25
Run Duration	475 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10940X 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 86% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 87.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 282 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 1,105 99% 834 Pts	64-Core 2594 160% 2594 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 528.49 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 128% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3L2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 906 606 473 630 627 626 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,092 Write 2,088 Mixed 1603 SusWrite 645 360% 1,607 MB/s	4K Read 69.9 4K Write 203 4K Mixed 101 343% 125 MB/s	DQ Read 1,185 DQ Write 1,657 DQ Mixed 1301 1,017% 1,381 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 296%
Samsung 870 QVO 8TB-$550 3,612 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 5.5TB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 379 382 380 380 380 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 491 Mixed 417 SusWrite 380 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 59.9 204% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%
WDC WDS400T2B0A-00SM50 4TB 1,668 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2TB free Firmware: 415020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 379 382 379 380 378 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 441 Mixed 336 SusWrite 379 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 48.7 177% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 232 205% 308 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%
WDC WDS400T2B0A-00SM50 4TB 1,668 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2.5TB free Firmware: 415020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 376 362 372 373 372 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 459 Mixed 347 SusWrite 372 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 43.7 164% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 204 190% 295 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1.5TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 379 382 380 380 380 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 488 Mixed 406 SusWrite 380 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 60.7 209% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 135%
Jmicron Generic 500GB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 300GB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 402 405 409 411 412 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 401 Write 306 Mixed 351 SusWrite 407 83% 367 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 30.6 99% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 173 128% 168 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1.5TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 379 382 380 380 380 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 490 Mixed 400 SusWrite 380 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 59.6 208% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 135%
Sandisk S3 4T00 4TB 1,397 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 3TB free Firmware: 415020RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 382 386 387 401 401 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 402 Write 467 Mixed 316 SusWrite 399 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 50.4 180% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 192 184% 290 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%
ROG ESD-S1C 4TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 404 404 404 404 404 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 339 Write 402 Mixed 374 SusWrite 404 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 36.1 117% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 194 142% 183 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 83%
WD Black SN850X NVMe PCIe M.2 4TB-$289 8,674 User benchmarks, average bench 534% 3TB free Firmware: 624311WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2778 2770 2782 2785 2784 2788 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	458% Outstanding	Read 2,781 Write 2,756 Mixed 2,452 SusWrite 2781 607% 2,692 MB/s	4K Read 77.1 4K Write 253 4K Mixed 103 383% 144 MB/s	DQ Read 1461 DQ Write 1,202 DQ Mixed 1,317 990% 1,327 MB/s
Poor: 292% ↑ This bench: 458% Great: 682%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 16,859 Mixed 73.8 6,052% 8,466 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.3 127% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 8x16GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 64.7 MC Mixed 44.2 144% 50.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 11 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 156%

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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	36x
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 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	18x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16