Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	51.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	35.9 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 20:29
Run Duration	447 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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-$400 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 76.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 250 78% 145 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 998 89% 753 Pts	64-Core 1,684 104% 1,684 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.5% 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: 388.13 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 141 Parallax 126 107% 133 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 129 Splatting 106 94% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT2050MX300SSD1 2TB 2,359 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 892GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd 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 1926 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 143 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 64 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 61 167504642073 (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 17033055603 (F7) Unknown 100 100 533917773 (F8) Unknown 100 100 275574431 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9158 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	51.8% Above average	Read 414 Write 190 Mixed 329 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 12.2 65% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 15.5 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 11.4 36% 72.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 99%
DISK00 1TB 780GB free Firmware: 0103 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.8% Very poor	Read 42.2 Write 42.1 Mixed 41.9 9% 42 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 9.66 35% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 13.9 DQ Write 16.8 DQ Mixed 9.31 9% 13.4 MB/s

DISK01 1TB 696GB free Firmware: 0103 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.5% Very poor	Read 42.2 Write 42.2 Mixed 42.2 9% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 9.49 34% 10.7 MB/s	DQ Read 13.5 DQ Write 16.9 DQ Mixed 9.22 9% 13.2 MB/s

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 (89^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 10923 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 37 (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 1507 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2053 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 120259674136 (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 99 99 768 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 644 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	127% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 225 Mixed 199 160% 213 MB/s	4K Read 2.39 4K Write 5.71 4K Mixed 0.31 240% 2.81 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
Seagate ST6000VN0041-2EL11C 6TB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 120697899 (03) Spinup time 86 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 201 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 881029200 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 29751238466273 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 235 (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 57 504430622 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2539 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32824 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 68719476766 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 120697899 (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 -134067404138191 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30962861747 (F2) Unknown 100 253 133686251376	74.7% Very good	Read 92.2 Write 168 Mixed 93.7 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.38 74% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 109%
Toshiba HDWF180 8TB 2,355 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 2TB free Firmware: GX0B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^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 10668 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 39 (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 1507 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1974 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 120259543064 (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 99 99 798 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 627 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	92.5% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 162 Mixed 147 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 4.55 4K Mixed 0.28 168% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 133%
DISK02 5TB 1.5TB free Firmware: 0103 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22.5% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 38.9 Mixed 37.5 29% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.29 91% 0.94 MB/s

Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^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 10391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 163 (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 93 93 2945 (0A) Spinup retry count 103 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 162 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1046 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 163209478168 (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 94 94 2604 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 638 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	86.6% Excellent	Read 153 Write 149 Mixed 140 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.67 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.36 148% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 109%
ST3000DM 001-9YN166 3TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 3TB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 41.6 Write 42.7 Mixed 13.6 39% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.31 43% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 27%
WDC WD10 00DHTZ-04N21V0 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 83GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 41.8 Mixed 41 53% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 3.88 4K Mixed 0.4 150% 1.79 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FAD BLS16G4D240FSB.16FAD KLEVV 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K KLEVV 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K 48GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.5% Average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 12.6 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 11.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 88.1 45% 88.1 ns

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Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 93%

Nuclear submarine

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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Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16