Asus WS X299 SAGE

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 140% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	145% 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	259% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus WS X299 SAGE (all builds)
Memory	124.3 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '18 at 08:04
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$393 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 74 1-Core 141 2-Core 276 88% 164 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 1,020 91% 768 Pts	64-Core 1,769 110% 1,769 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Lighting 224 Reflection 181 Parallax 186 182% 197 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 162 Splatting 113 105% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 846GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1355 1213 1217 1190 1167 1166 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 1,498 Write 1,374 Mixed 694 SusWrite 1,218 268% 1,196 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 57.3 214% 86.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,440 DQ Write 1,219 DQ Mixed 1,131 902% 1,263 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 196 194 195 195 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 149 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 195 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 8x16GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98% Outstanding	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 53.9 MC Mixed 31.8 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 10.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 92.4 43% 92.4 ns
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 143%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical WS X299 SAGE Builds (Compare 264 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 132%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 166%

UFO

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16