Asus PRIME X299-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 89.4%, 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.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A II (all builds)
Memory	47.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191217
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '20 at 15:53
Run Duration	419 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10940X 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 86% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 78.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 1,027 93% 782 Pts	64-Core 1,669 103% 1,669 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 149 Parallax 140 112% 142 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 585GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 919 509 509 509 508 510 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,250 Write 2,019 Mixed 1,532 430% 1,934 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 67.5 237% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 1,045 DQ Write 546 DQ Mixed 769 578% 787 MB/s
Poor: 214% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 116GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 424 389 345 310 303 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 442 Mixed 391 SusWrite 367 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 51.2 178% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 892GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1600 1591 1477 1117 1144 1148 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,258 Write 1,892 Mixed 1,492 SusWrite 1,346 391% 1,747 MB/s	4K Read 56.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 72.7 246% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,197 DQ Write 689 DQ Mixed 901 682% 929 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 372%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 931GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2071 2070 1242 1169 1191 1186 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2330 Write 2,020 Mixed 1,589 SusWrite 1,488 416% 1,857 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 70.9 248% 87.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,190 DQ Write 602 DQ Mixed 895 665% 896 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 372%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 113 115 119 113 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 180 Write 136 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 114 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 101%
WD WD101KFBX-68R56N0 10TB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4TB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 215 216 210 217 202 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 71% Great: 136%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 53 54 53 52 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 18.7 Write 35.5 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 51.2 48% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 24% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D26BFSE.16FD 4x16GB 286 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 60.9 MC Mixed 39.7 134% 46.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 10.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 83.3 48% 83.3 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%

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Gaming 159%

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Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 172%

UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-A II

CPU
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	279x
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	212x
Core i9-10920XIntel $850Bench 87%, 3,007 samples	206x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	96x
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	96x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	83x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	78x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	75x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	74x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	21x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples	14x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	13x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $1,000

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