Asus WS X299 SAGE

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	322% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 WS X299 SAGE (all builds)
Memory	55 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200110
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 21:28
Run Duration	512 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9960X-$1,579 850 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 79 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 89% 164 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 1,039 93% 783 Pts	64-Core 2,541 157% 2,541 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3364) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 144 Parallax 134 109% 137 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 146 Splatting 122 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 565GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1721 1612 1546 1591 1687 1625 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	322% Outstanding	Read 2,228 Write 1,738 Mixed 1,586 SusWrite 1,630 403% 1,795 MB/s	4K Read 60.6 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 82.6 290% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,110 DQ Write 863 DQ Mixed 948 720% 974 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 322% Great: 410%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 892 893 896 892 895 884 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,052 Write 795 Mixed 707 SusWrite 892 193% 861 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 49.6 171% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 475 DQ Write 536 DQ Mixed 515 385% 509 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 541%
Dc-624e Stripe Set 0 16TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free Firmware: 2.04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 318 319 322 319 317 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.4% Below average	Read 256 Write 258 Mixed 128 SusWrite 316 54% 239 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 8.8 4K Mixed 3.4 30% 8.63 MB/s	DQ Read 56.3 DQ Write 9.2 DQ Mixed 2.8 10% 22.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 52%
St14000n M001G-2KJ103 14TB 11.5TB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 250 249 249 253 257 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.5% Average	Read 244 Write 242 Mixed 210 SusWrite 251 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 14.5 4K Mixed 1.5 87% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 4.3 DQ Write 7.8 DQ Mixed 0.8 2% 4.3 MB/s

Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 645GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2529 2205 1584 1597 1597 1599 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	337% Outstanding	Read 2320 Write 2,102 Mixed 1,722 SusWrite 1,852 449% 1,999 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 79.4 279% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,158 DQ Write 858 DQ Mixed 973 737% 997 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 337% Great: 372%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 662GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1791 1392 1184 1176 1165 1155 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 1,955 Write 1,636 Mixed 804 SusWrite 1,310 319% 1,426 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 59.1 202% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1111 DQ Write 863 DQ Mixed 883 689% 952 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 302%
ST10000NM0086-2AA101 10TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3TB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 235 237 238 238 237 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	26.6% Poor	Read 225 Write 217 Mixed 110 SusWrite 236 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 1.2 10% 4.17 MB/s	DQ Read 3 DQ Write 10.5 DQ Mixed 1 2% 4.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 66%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 950GB 542 User benchmarks, average bench 135% 326GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 475 473 471 474 471 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 480 Mixed 437 SusWrite 473 107% 475 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 52.7 171% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 398 DQ Write 374 DQ Mixed 386 290% 386 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 183%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$90 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 7GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 415 Write 439 Mixed 376 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 33.2 126% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 334 252% 336 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 105%
St6000nm 0115-1YZ110 6TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 3TB free Firmware: SN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 124 125 126 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 165 Write 155 Mixed 107 SusWrite 125 31% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 1 8% 3.73 MB/s	DQ Read 1.4 DQ Write 7.3 DQ Mixed 2.6 2% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 25%
Seagate ST4000NM0033-9ZM170 4TB 3,748 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 51GB free Firmware: SN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 103 105 106 105 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 92.5 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 106 70% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 105%
WD Gold 12TB (2017)-$270 1,221 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 6.5TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 219 215 221 224 211 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 220 Write 225 Mixed 116 SusWrite 216 142% 194 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 1 355% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 138%
Dc-624e Stripe Set 0 6TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 3TB free Firmware: 2.04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 247 249 252 254 252 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	138% Outstanding	Read 230 Write 230 Mixed 108 SusWrite 250 149% 205 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 1.2 290% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 138%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 4x16GB 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 58.2 MC Mixed 38.8 128% 44.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 10.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 82.4 48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 140%

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Gaming 132%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 166%

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Motherboard: Asus WS X299 SAGE

CPU
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	36x
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	33x
Core i9-7920XIntel $250Bench 82%, 5,430 samples	21x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	44x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	18x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	24x
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $320Bench 327%, 38,669 samples	21x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
CMW64GX4M4C3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 87%, 461 samples	8x
9905701-017.A00G 2x16GBKingstonBench 84%, 297 samples	8x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	7x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $1,584

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16