Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	270% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '20 at 01:27
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9820X-$550 2,515 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 81.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 251 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 997 90% 755 Pts	64-Core 1,694 105% 1,694 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 149 Parallax 136 111% 140 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 912 902 887 866 849 825 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2291 Write 2,017 Mixed 1,554 SusWrite 873 376% 1,684 MB/s	4K Read 66.7 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 64.1 266% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,221 DQ Write 800 DQ Mixed 760 634% 927 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 372%
Corsair Force LE SSD 960GB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 889GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 489 431 250 328 326 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 464 Mixed 374 SusWrite 383 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 43.3 163% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 204 190% 294 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%
Corsair Force LX 512GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 198GB free Firmware: N0530C SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 424 420 417 422 419 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 407 Mixed 302 SusWrite 420 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 44.1 160% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 45.4 98% 199 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 172 177 177 175 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 136 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 175 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 738GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	65% Good	Read 118 Write 132 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 106 69% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.7 331% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 8x4GB 225 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 53.5 MC Mixed 32.7 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 11.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 133%

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

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

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	192x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 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 $269	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 $40	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