Asus PRIME X299-A II

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A II (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201106
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '22 at 18:54
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7960X-$347 2,322 User benchmarks, average bench 83% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 74.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 232 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 897 80% 676 Pts	64-Core 2,148 133% 2,148 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000 1,749 User benchmarks, average bench 131% HP(103C 129F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 16GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 153 Parallax 167 132% 161 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 148 Splatting 139 124% 154 fps
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 137%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix BC501 HFM512GDJTNG-8310A 512GB 6,904 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80002C00 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 921 Write 346 Mixed 330 116% 532 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 28.8 98% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 88 DQ Mixed 106 79% 105 MB/s
Poor: 77% Great: 182%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 639GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 142 138 137 143 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 130 Mixed 64.9 SusWrite 140 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.5 171% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 113%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 121 122 123 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 119 Write 120 Mixed 88.9 SusWrite 121 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.9 196% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 93%
Generic MassStorageClass 16GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 3GB free, PID 0754 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 17 17 17 17 18 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 45 Write 14.7 Mixed 9 SusWrite 17.6 24% 21.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 2.2 127% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 1x16GB 5,791 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.7% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 10.8 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 10.1 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 91.5 44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 52%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 177%

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Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 191%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-A II

CPU
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	278x
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	212x
Core i9-10920XIntel $850Bench 87%, 3,007 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	96x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	93x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	83x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	77x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $102Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	75x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	73x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	21x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples	14x
HyperX 2666 C16 4x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 10,297 samples	13x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $1,242

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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