Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	189% 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	96GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 96GB 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	85.8 GB free of 96 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200207
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '20 at 00:33
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 84.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 287 92% 171 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 1,121 100% 843 Pts	64-Core 1,929 119% 1,929 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 375C) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.3 Reflection 15.3 Parallax 18.1 16% 17.6 fps	MRender 16.3 Gravity 18.8 Splatting 20.2 15% 18.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 15%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 157 Parallax 129 114% 142 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 114 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 118GB 1,345 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 97GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 66 64 66 66 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 431 Mixed 390 SusWrite 106 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 42.6 165% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 248 205% 294 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 97%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 541 317 319 317 317 317 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,671 Write 1,157 Mixed 510 SusWrite 355 204% 923 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 39.2 190% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,031 DQ Write 934 DQ Mixed 751 627% 905 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 236%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 583GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 102 101 102 102 103 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 75 Write 79 Mixed 52 SusWrite 101 56% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 143 147 152 163 146 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 161 Write 112 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 142 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.7 200% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 114%
Hitachi Touro Mobile 3.0 1TB 925 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 270GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 38.2 Mixed 20 SusWrite 41.2 25% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 57%
SDXC Card 124GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 111GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 81 81 67 81 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 89.7 Write 47.7 Mixed 14 SusWrite 77.9 71% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 9.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 4.3 256% 5.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M2C3000C15 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMR32GX4M2C3000C15 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMR32GX4M2C3000C15 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMR32GX4M2C3000C15 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 96GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 67.5 MC Mixed 40.1 139% 48.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 11.7 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 121%

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Workstation 93%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-A

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	376x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	217x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	149x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	193x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	49x

RAM
BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 4x4GBCrucialBench 82%, 497 samples	53x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	32x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	26x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $744

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