Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.3% 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	96.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 08:03
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 82.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 277 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 933 90% 744 Pts	64-Core 1,150 71% 1,150 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 136 Parallax 119 95% 124 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 123 Splatting 106 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS512GMTS800S 512GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 452GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1225CH1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 408 427 432 428 429 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 410 Mixed 324 SusWrite 420 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 32.5 126% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 209 177% 257 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 105%
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 179GB free Firmware: N1114H SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 291 291 292 292 293 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 466 Write 289 Mixed 278 SusWrite 291 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 32.6 124% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 180 162% 245 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 537GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 184 183 184 184 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 154 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 183 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.2 389% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D26BFSC.8FD2 2x4GB 585 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 15.8 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 10.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 98%

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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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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