Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '18 at 15:45
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 73.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 254 83% 153 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 916 84% 705 Pts	64-Core 1,399 87% 1,399 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 115 Parallax 109 87% 110 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 283 231 199 177 146 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 463 Mixed 393 SusWrite 236 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 45.3 171% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 354 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 239GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 104 104 107 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 92 Write 67.2 Mixed 67 SusWrite 105 61% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 109%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 742GB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 79 78 80 79 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 76.7 Write 77.5 Mixed 47.2 SusWrite 78.8 95% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 58%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 162GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 41 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 38.2 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 40.1 49% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 42%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 8GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 64 72 67 61 68 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 86.5 Write 87.2 Mixed 68 SusWrite 66.6 104% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 95% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,670 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 14.7 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 9.7 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 94.3 42% 94.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 104%

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

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 93%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-A

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	374x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	217x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	148x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	192x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	82x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	57x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	49x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	48x

RAM
BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 4x4GBCrucialBench 82%, 497 samples	53x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	32x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	25x

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Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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