EVGA X299 DARK

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 140% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	248% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	EVGA X299 DARK (all builds)
Memory	123 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200413
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '20 at 23:53
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10980XE-$1,100 4,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 65.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 88% 168 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 1078 95% 805 Pts	64-Core 2,861 177% 2,861 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 139 Parallax 120 149% 147 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 120 Splatting 99.8 89% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2272 624 630 631 629 628 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2188 Write 2,274 Mixed 1,209 SusWrite 902 368% 1,643 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 75.9 274% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 776 DQ Mixed 17.7 143% 310 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 340%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 465GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1383 1104 621 623 624 623 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,058 Write 942 Mixed 886 SusWrite 830 209% 929 MB/s	4K Read 64.9 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 88.1 306% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 16.1 DQ Write 22.4 DQ Mixed 27.6 18% 22 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 340%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 424 431 433 433 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 323 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 429 222% 308 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 2.3 787% 5.53 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 236%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 3TB 1,220 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 509 521 533 535 533 534 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 541 Write 415 Mixed 135 SusWrite 527 293% 405 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 1.8 888% 7.53 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 307%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.2 8.1 8.6 9.4 9.7 9.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 26.9 Write 6.5 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 8.8 14% 12.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 3 191% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x31.8GB 601 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 8 slots used 127GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 53.4 MC Mixed 36.1 121% 42.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 8.5 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 156%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 111%

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Motherboard: EVGA X299 DARK

CPU
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	60x
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	42x
Core i9-10920XIntel $850Bench 87%, 3,007 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	33x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	31x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	30x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	20x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $102Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	19x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	12x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	144x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	79x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	25x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,574

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $256	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16