Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	121% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180803
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '18 at 19:29
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7640X-$110 2,123 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 166 2-Core 331 108% 198 Pts	4-Core 656 8-Core 659 88% 657 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 98%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 147 147 147 148 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 496 Mixed 383 SusWrite 179 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 67.5 236% 86.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 115%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 77GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 62 64 64 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 42.5 Write 51.3 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 63.1 35% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 60%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 760GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 131 137 134 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 131 Write 134 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 134 74% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 32.8 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 31.8 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 97%

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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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Value: 70% - Very good

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