Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	73.1 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 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '21 at 02:21
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 82.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 932 86% 721 Pts	64-Core 1,717 106% 1,717 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.1% 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: 461.09 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Lighting 18 Reflection 17.9 Parallax 18.5 15% 18.1 fps	MRender 15.8 Gravity 18.9 Splatting 16.7 14% 17.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.4% 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: 461.09 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 142 Parallax 128 107% 134 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 136 Splatting 120 101% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,798 Write 1,198 Mixed 590 262% 1,196 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 41.6 208% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 1,040 DQ Write 912 DQ Mixed 615 560% 856 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 435GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 99 100 97 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 97 Write 98 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 97.9 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 67%
Seagate BUP Portable 4TB 5,255 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3TB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 128 129 129 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 87.3 Write 117 Mixed 76 SusWrite 127 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.7 197% 2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 69%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 118GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 31GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 8.9 5.9 6 6 6.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	3.71% Terrible	Read 6.3 Write 5.7 Mixed 5.8 SusWrite 6.6 4% 6.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 301GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 136 137 135 138 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 132 Write 117 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 135 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 114%
Hitachi Touro Mobile 3.0 1TB 925 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 392GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 36 49 46 41 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 58.3 Write 35.8 Mixed 18 SusWrite 40.6 28% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 57%
SDXC Card 124GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 69GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 76 82 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 90.7 Write 13.2 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 78.1 58% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 9.2 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 2.4 235% 5.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 57%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 1,739 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 0GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 91.5 Write 67.7 Mixed 67.8 93% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 3.5 201% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 43%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 13GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 11 11 12 12 12 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 34.2 Write 5.3 Mixed 17 SusWrite 10.9 19% 16.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.9 123% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 17%

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 below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	105% Outstanding	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 59.8 MC Mixed 32.9 120% 42 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 10.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 121%

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Gaming 99%

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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	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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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