Asrock X299 Professional Gaming i9 XE

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	5.44% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	286% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock X299 Professional Gaming i9 XE (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 12:00
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$462 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 75.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 90% 169 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 1150 102% 862 Pts	64-Core 1,986 123% 1,986 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	5.44% Terrible	Lighting 4.6 Reflection 7.42 Parallax 5.44 4% 5.82 fps	MRender 9.81 Gravity 13.3 Splatting 9.26 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,611 Write 1,976 Mixed 1,875 478% 2,154 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 35.9 106% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 639 DQ Write 601 DQ Mixed 16.9 178% 419 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 363%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 36GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1096 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 1 (AD) Unknown 94 94 64 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 36 274878562335 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (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 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 52228443104 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1635039888 (F8) Unknown 100 100 857662526 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3542 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	45.9% Average	Read 483 Write 214 Mixed 255 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 28.9 4K Mixed 6.38 43% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 11.6 DQ Write 32.8 DQ Mixed 16.2 14% 20.2 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 104%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 143 10683 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1371 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3271 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (10) Unknown 1 199 23526342898 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1352 (C2) HDA temperature 122 99 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	95.7% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 178 Mixed 146 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.27 117% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 986GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99295096 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 84 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 78202977 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 327686 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 72 44 691961200668 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35635 (C2) HDA temperature 28 56 38654705692 (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 31503585123240 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23483545028 (F2) Unknown 100 253 258262124207	69.5% Good	Read 125 Write 117 Mixed 132 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.19 75% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 4x8GB 3,576 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	80% Excellent	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 25 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 9 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 88.5 45% 88.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 99%

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Motherboard: Asrock X299 Professional Gaming i9 XE

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	15x
Core i9-7980XEIntel $1,511Bench 80%, 4,653 samples	10x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	10x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	9x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x

SSD
E12-512G-PHISON-SSD-B27-BB1 512GBBench 178%, 586 samples	8x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 235%, 154,949 samples	6x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	6x

RAM
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	14x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	8x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	8x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $947

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