Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	94.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren, 4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190925
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '20 at 18:43
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$462 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 218 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 830 78% 646 Pts	64-Core 1,536 95% 1,536 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 102 Reflection 190 Parallax 210 83% 167 fps	MRender 223 Gravity 179 Splatting 117 136% 173 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 286GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 278 298 304 304 305 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 379 Write 384 Mixed 312 SusWrite 294 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 47.2 144% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 211 196% 304 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 129%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 197GB free Firmware: DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 403 344 218 163 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 420 Mixed 345 SusWrite 283 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 49.6 164% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 263 224% 328 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.6% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 18.7 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 11 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 122%

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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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Desktop 86%

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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 $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	148x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	192x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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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Total price: $744

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