Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	56.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 16:44
Run Duration	528 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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-$400 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 77 1-Core 110 2-Core 255 80% 148 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 966 88% 739 Pts	64-Core 1,691 105% 1,691 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.5% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 133 Parallax 116 101% 124 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 120 Splatting 97.3 87% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT2050MX300SSD1 2TB 2,359 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 92 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 61 167504773145 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5227042874 (F7) Unknown 100 100 163797128 (F8) Unknown 100 100 45733213 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9158 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	76.1% Very good	Read 455 Write 334 Mixed 336 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 21.8 88% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 23.6 77% 168 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 99%
DISK00 960GB 767GB free Firmware: 0103 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.8% Very poor	Read 42 Write 42 Mixed 42.1 9% 42 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 8.12 33% 10.5 MB/s	DQ Read 12.3 DQ Write 16.7 DQ Mixed 8.24 8% 12.4 MB/s

DISK02 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 377GB free Firmware: 0103 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.7% Very poor	Read 41.9 Write 41.9 Mixed 42 9% 42 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 13.3 4K Mixed 9.33 35% 11.1 MB/s	DQ Read 13.7 DQ Write 16.7 DQ Mixed 9.28 9% 13.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 16%
DISK01 525GB 350GB free Firmware: 0103 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.4% Very poor	Read 41.8 Write 41.8 Mixed 41.8 9% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.99 4K Write 13.3 4K Mixed 8.18 31% 10.1 MB/s	DQ Read 11.1 DQ Write 16.8 DQ Mixed 8.04 8% 12 MB/s

Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$123 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 135GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5915 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 293 (B1) Unknown 98 98 42 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 62 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 210 (F1) Unknown 99 99 63273943286	99.8% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 394 Mixed 417 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 37.4 140% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 112 131% 228 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 133%
Seagate ST6000VN0041-2EL11C 6TB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 71 64 12055462 (03) Spinup time 86 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 92 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 825409522 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 29261612192687 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 57 504954907 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2248 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26566 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 73014444059 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 12055462 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -1958505082093 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26892369943 (F2) Unknown 100 253 110722441344	113% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 193 Mixed 142 133% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7267 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 61 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1106 (0A) Spinup retry count 101 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 103 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 163209609240 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 1082 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 631 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	111% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 198 Mixed 145 133% 178 MB/s	4K Read 3.26 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.19 184% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
WD Red 5TB (2014)-$185 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 203 191 8816 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 742 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 741 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 270 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3346 (C2) HDA temperature 127 115 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 109 Mixed 90.9 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.16 74% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 98%
Seagate ST6000NM0024-1HT17Z 6TB 821 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 544GB free Firmware: SN05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 64 19860888 (03) Spinup time 89 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 115 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 56697689 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5587 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 144 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 521863198 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 16391 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 58494 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 51539607582 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 1 19860888 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	86.3% Excellent	Read 143 Write 157 Mixed 148 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.29 124% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 119%
ST3000DM 001-9YN166 3TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 3TB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 37.6 Write 99,776 80,347% 49,907 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 27%
WDC WD10 00DHTZ-04N21V0 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 115GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 41 Write 41.8 Mixed 36.6 51% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 3.94 4K Mixed 0.38 151% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FAD KLEVV 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K KLEVV 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 BLS16G4D240FSB.16FAD 64GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.9% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 21.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 11.5 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 92%

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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 $400Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	149x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	192x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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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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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16