Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	68.5% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	59.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 15:38
Run Duration	763 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$455 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 77.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 230 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 962 88% 736 Pts	64-Core 1,766 109% 1,766 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 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 (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 143 Parallax 125 109% 134 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 131 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% 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 way below expectations (17^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 100 100 252 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 79 61 167504642069 (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 6975226745 (F7) Unknown 100 100 218567614 (F8) Unknown 100 100 62883872 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9158 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	68.5% Good	Read 441 Write 337 Mixed 330 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 11.2 76% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 10.8 58% 131 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 99%
DISK02 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 931GB free Firmware: 0103 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.3% Very poor	Read 42.2 Write 35.2 Mixed 42.2 9% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 14.2 4K Mixed 9.14 35% 11.3 MB/s	DQ Read 13.3 DQ Write 17 DQ Mixed 9.16 9% 13.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 16%
DISK03 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 443GB free Firmware: 0103 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.6% Very poor	Read 42.2 Write 42.1 Mixed 42 9% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 13.2 4K Mixed 9.28 35% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 13.6 DQ Write 16.9 DQ Mixed 9.33 9% 13.3 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 16%
Toshiba HDWF180 8TB 2,355 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 7.5TB free Firmware: GX0B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 10978 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (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 100 100 11 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 103079673870 (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 100 100 7 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 556 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	130% Outstanding	Read 228 Write 222 Mixed 197 162% 216 MB/s	4K Read 2.73 4K Write 5.97 4K Mixed 0.34 262% 3.01 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Seagate ST6000VN0041-2EL11C 6TB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 64 22836761 (03) Spinup time 85 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 147 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 834772545 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -113589000072110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 181 (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 82 57 303038482 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2387 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27853 (C2) HDA temperature 18 43 68719476754 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 22836761 (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 30829275255703 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28808957875 (F2) Unknown 100 253 117520320040
Poor: 51% Great: 109%
DISK01 3TB 2.5TB free Firmware: 0103 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22.9% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 40.5 Mixed 38.7 30% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.2 56% 0.57 MB/s

WD Red 5TB (2014)-$58 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 191 9183 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 807 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 806 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 304 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3585 (C2) HDA temperature 133 115 19 (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	89.4% Excellent	Read 190 Write 122 Mixed 160 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.29 106% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 98%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^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 10451 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 116 (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 97 97 1268 (0A) Spinup retry count 102 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 115 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 275 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 163209478161 (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 1194 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 543 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	74.5% Very good	Read 128 Write 131 Mixed 112 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.16 89% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 109%
Seagate ST6000NM0024-1HT17Z 6TB 821 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 1TB free Firmware: SN05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 69 64 8904403 (03) Spinup time 89 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 59458843 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (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 79 58 353304597 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 17515 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59794 (C2) HDA temperature 21 42 51539607573 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 8904403 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	89% Excellent	Read 150 Write 160 Mixed 168 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.91 4K Mixed 0.31 122% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 119%
DISK00 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1TB free Firmware: 0103 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14% Very poor	Read 18.2 Write 30.4 Mixed 25 18% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.15 43% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 24%
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 41.9 Write 42.8 Mixed 0.41 32% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.12 46% 4.12 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 27%
WDC WD10 00DHTZ-04N21V0 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 91GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 41.2 Write 42.1 Mixed 35.9 51% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.43 4K Write 4.42 4K Mixed 0.39 169% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29% 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	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 29 MC Write 48.3 MC Mixed 28.9 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 10.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 85.4 47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 92%

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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 $455Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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