Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	85.9% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171229
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '19 at 01:39
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$413 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 80.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 262 84% 155 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 1129 95% 821 Pts	64-Core 1,948 121% 1,948 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2081) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 158 Parallax 167 133% 163 fps	MRender 150 Gravity 126 Splatting 102 100% 126 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4997) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 117 Parallax 113 88% 113 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 100 Splatting 91.5 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 293 286 288 284 284 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 461 Write 358 Mixed 262 SusWrite 292 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 35.7 117% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 243 196% 279 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 103%
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116 16,263 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 596GB free Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 535 487 491 489 491 491 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2361 Write 1459 Mixed 1,252 SusWrite 497 308% 1,392 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 106 333% 123 MB/s	DQ Read 1,367 DQ Write 1,065 DQ Mixed 1,224 913% 1,218 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 355%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 34GB free Firmware: 527ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 204 191 171 162 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 338 Write 229 Mixed 259 SusWrite 184 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 37.9 142% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 208 162% 225 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 85%
Kingston HyperX 3K 90GB-$110 444 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 78GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 113 110 115 113 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 409 Write 126 Mixed 182 SusWrite 110 45% 207 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 35.2 149% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 142 110% 154 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 78%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 94GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 54 55 55 55 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 78%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 463GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 96 96 94 94 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 55.8 Write 80.7 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 93.9 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.5 168% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.1% Good	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 17.9 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 10.7 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 94%

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

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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 $413Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	149x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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