Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 138% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	370% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180803
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '18 at 18:12
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7920X-$250 5,430 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 90 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 1,074 96% 813 Pts	64-Core 2,245 139% 2,245 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 188 Parallax 171 142% 178 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 176 Splatting 123 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1957 1914 2001 1972 1965 1871 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	370% Outstanding	Read 2,491 Write 2,168 Mixed 1,377 SusWrite 1,947 448% 1,996 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 209 4K Mixed 86.5 311% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,362 DQ Write 1,160 DQ Mixed 1,244 937% 1,255 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 370% Great: 393%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 86GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 136 139 136 136 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 470 Write 404 Mixed 337 SusWrite 160 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 42.2 158% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 188 169% 253 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 497GB free Firmware: LVD3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 56 58 40 16 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 37.2 Write 51 Mixed 41 SusWrite 42.6 32% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 2.2 378% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 65%
Lacie P9227 Slim 2TB 851 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free Firmware: 1153 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 158 Write 19.3 Mixed 32 SusWrite 19 42% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.1% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 18 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 10.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 107%

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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 $455Bench 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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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