Asus WS X299 SAGE

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	126% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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	36.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180319
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '21 at 17:17
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 78.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 288 91% 169 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 1,125 101% 851 Pts	64-Core 1,848 114% 1,848 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3764) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.7% Poor	Lighting 36.1 Reflection 40.3 Parallax 37.5 29% 38 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 38.1 Splatting 26.9 27% 34.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 490 493 484 468 462 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 479 Mixed 411 SusWrite 480 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 48 200% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 346 258% 343 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 250GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2562 2570 2385 2230 2228 2220 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	409% Outstanding	Read 2,640 Write 2,559 Mixed 1,503 SusWrite 2,366 510% 2,267 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 221 4K Mixed 93.8 324% 124 MB/s	DQ Read 1,410 DQ Write 1205 DQ Mixed 1,299 976% 1,305 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 409% Great: 425%
LSI MR9271-8i 24TB 21.5TB free Firmware: 3.46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 4.9 7.2 6.1 5.2 7.3 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 224 217 226 218 220 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 76% Great: 136%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01S01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 380 387 391 392 375 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 37% Great: 76%
General USB Flash Disk 16GB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 15GB free, PID 800e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 5.4 5.7 5.4 5.7 5.5 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	7.03% Terrible	Read 26.9 Write 10.9 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 5.6 13% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 8.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 30% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.03% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK32GX4M2A2400C16 CMK16GX4M1A2666C16 CMK32GX4M2A2400C16 48GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72.7% Very good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 22.5 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 11 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 74%

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Gaming 132%

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Desktop 91%

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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 $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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16