Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	165% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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	89 GB free of 128 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	22.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '21 at 21:13
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$420 19,432 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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 78.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 232 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 959 87% 729 Pts	64-Core 1,769 110% 1,769 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 286 Parallax 175 137% 210 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 176 Splatting 125 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 577 535 468 462 458 754 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,673 Write 420 Mixed 572 SusWrite 542 176% 802 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 44.5 152% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 717 DQ Write 72.1 DQ Mixed 188 189% 326 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 363%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 909GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.5% Very poor	Read 41.2 Write 40.6 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 41.8 9% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 12.9 42% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.5 DQ Write 26.8 DQ Mixed 26.8 20% 27 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 99%
Sandisk Extreme SSD 1TB 4,980 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 512GB free Firmware: 1012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 384 381 385 386 383 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 374 Write 370 Mixed 285 SusWrite 382 80% 353 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 17.1 81% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 136 112% 159 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 177 174 180 180 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 117 Write 176 Mixed 145 SusWrite 176 114% 154 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.8 418% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 8x16GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	117% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 66.7 MC Mixed 39.5 136% 47.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 9.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 160%

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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