Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 86.6%, 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	289% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '20 at 02:04
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9940X-$790 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 75.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 85% 158 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 1048 93% 786 Pts	64-Core 2,482 154% 2,482 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 147 Parallax 134 108% 138 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 140 Splatting 123 104% 127 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-$96 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 592GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1564 1353 1334 1312 1433 1477 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 2,042 Write 1,812 Mixed 1,577 SusWrite 1412 384% 1,711 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 68.5 240% 89.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,155 DQ Write 948 DQ Mixed 1,056 790% 1,053 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 410%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 319GB free Firmware: X35510RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 351 388 356 246 213 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 471 Write 351 Mixed 322 SusWrite 323 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 33.6 123% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 180 164% 254 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 107%
Samsung 860 Evo 4TB-$380 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 3TB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 467 467 467 468 468 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 466 Mixed 449 SusWrite 468 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 45.8 162% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%
67 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 183GB free, PID 5500, Microcenter Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 126 117 132 124 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 108 Write 58.5 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 124 104% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 44% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 45%
USB DISK 3.0 248GB 544 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 222GB free, PID 6300, Microcenter Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 11 9.8 11 10 10 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 86.2 Write 16 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 10.3 32% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 30%
USB DISK 3.0 248GB 544 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 231GB free, PID 6300, Microcenter Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.4 11 9.6 11 10 10 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 83.5 Write 17 Mixed 17 SusWrite 10.2 32% 31.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FBD 4x8GB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 60.5 MC Mixed 39 131% 45.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 10.8 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 89.7 45% 89.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 122%

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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 $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	149x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	192x
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	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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16