Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	199% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 05:45
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 792 80% 649 Pts	64-Core 1,041 64% 1,041 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2652 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 197 Parallax 177 152% 187 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 175 Splatting 136 120% 147 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 112GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -124854699277755 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1253 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 40 85901967394 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 97550 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 70 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 97550 (F2) Unknown 100 100 253049 (F9) Unknown 100 100 9759	59.4% Above average	Read 496 Write 143 Mixed 202 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 13.9 84% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 35.6 57% 109 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 79%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 92GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 9268540348925 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2034 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2034 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 858328 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 858328 (F2) Unknown 100 100 512897 (F9) Unknown 100 100 29341	63.6% Good	Read 510 Write 137 Mixed 204 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 13.2 97% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 42.7 63% 120 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 80%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 2,022 Write 757 Mixed 1,107 284% 1,295 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 43.6 153% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 574 DQ Write 539 DQ Mixed 240 267% 451 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 353%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 6TB free Firmware: D781 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 37.7 Write 36.8 Mixed 35.3 28% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.93 4K Write 4.28 4K Mixed 0.48 254% 2.56 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34387198373 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1727 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19342 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1224 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2080 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2080 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 240519610408 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	98.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 172 Mixed 160 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 107%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 342GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 4383 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2088 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23030 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1415 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 43425 (C2) HDA temperature 111 99 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.4% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 100 Mixed 102 75% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,444 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.2% Good	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 17.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 12.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 135%

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Gaming 103%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X299-E GAMING - $275

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	486x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	335x
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	382x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	118x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	81x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	72x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	63x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	54x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	41x
F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 85%, 19,774 samples	23x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,343

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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