Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	205% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 03:58
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 79.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 254 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 930 86% 719 Pts	64-Core 1397 86% 1397 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.7% Above average	Lighting 62.2 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 66.2 51% 65.4 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 59.7 Splatting 57.3 51% 62.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 402GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,787 Write 1,336 Mixed 1,312 328% 1,478 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 19 138% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 126 137% 230 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 232GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4720 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1702 (B1) Unknown 96 96 46 (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 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 202 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21016610019	85.3% Excellent	Read 495 Write 344 Mixed 353 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 21.9 113% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 68.1 100% 191 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 118%
RED 512G B V5 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 179GB free Firmware: 0101 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.7% Good	Read 414 Write 417 Mixed 406 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 31 4K Mixed 12.5 61% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 65.5 DQ Write 54.4 DQ Mixed 24 28% 48 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 63%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 8TB 685 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 7.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 86.1 Write 110 Mixed 75.3 68% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.69 112% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 173%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 157 157 30086988116 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 90 (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 28 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 90 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 210454970408 (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 200 200 0	109% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 186 Mixed 176 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 3.83 4K Mixed 0.53 175% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%
Seagate BUP BL 5TB 976 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free Firmware: 0108 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 107 Write 109 Mixed 77.4 73% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 4.64 4K Mixed 0.26 163% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 66%
WDC WD30 03FZEX-00Z4SA0 3TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 134 Write 163 Mixed 127 185% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.31 102% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x16GB 981 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.7% Good	MC Read 20 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 18.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 10.8 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 111%

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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 $420Bench 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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Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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