Asus WS X299 SAGE

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 132% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	240% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	45.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180531
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '18 at 17:33
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,511 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 71.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 205 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 840 70% 606 Pts	64-Core 2,644 164% 2,644 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12FA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	133% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 220 Parallax 221 141% 205 fps	MRender 236 Gravity 194 Splatting 117 142% 182 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 611GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1130 924 976 966 609 610 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,880 Write 1,659 Mixed 1,338 SusWrite 869 322% 1,437 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 73 243% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 918 DQ Write 695 DQ Mixed 816 607% 810 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 390GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 455 460 461 461 460 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 456 Mixed 387 SusWrite 459 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 50.5 172% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 358 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
WD Gold 12TB (2017)-$240 1,221 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 155 150 155 149 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 138 Write 148 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 152 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.2 282% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 138%
WD Gold 12TB (2017)-$240 1,221 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 4TB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 184 181 184 184 181 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 206 Mixed 96 SusWrite 183 125% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 1.1 290% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 138%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4.5TB free Firmware: RT17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 144 145 141 150 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 114 Write 64 Mixed 11 SusWrite 144 60% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 0.6 245% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 87%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 158 157 157 155 158 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 142 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 157 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 98%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 137 138 137 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 130 Write 114 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 137 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 4x16GB 809 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 47.5 MC Mixed 31.4 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 9 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 98.1 41% 98.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 127%

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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	35x
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	33x
Core i9-7920XIntel $250Bench 82%, 5,430 samples	20x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	44x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	17x

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	20x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
CMW64GX4M4C3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 87%, 461 samples	8x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	7x
9905701-017.A00G 2x16GBKingstonBench 84%, 297 samples	7x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $1,584

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