Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 31%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics29.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive145% 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.
Memory64GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME X299-A  (all builds)
Memory50.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180521
Uptime24.1 Days
Run DateSep 21 '19 at 09:11
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,286
LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
75% Very good
Memory 76.6
1-Core 108
2-Core 201
73% 129 Pts
4-Core 394
8-Core 766
69% 580 Pts
64-Core 2,637
163% 2,637 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 75%
Great: 95%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101
Asus(1043 8616) 2GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
29.2% Poor
Lighting 36.4
Reflection 25.7
Parallax 32.1
30% 31.4 fps
MRender 38.1
Gravity 34.1
Splatting 32.3
28% 34.8 fps
Poor: 24%
This bench: 29.2%
Great: 28%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376
415GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 550 347 553 553 554 442 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
145% Outstanding
Read 883
Write 554
Mixed 684
SusWrite 500
146% 655 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 49.4
174% 66.1 MB/s
DQ Read 620
DQ Write 527
DQ Mixed 489
389% 545 MB/s
Poor: 108%
This bench: 145%
Great: 246%
WD Purple Surveillance 8TB (2017)-$221
2TB free
Firmware: 0A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 142 140 144 124 146 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Read 161
Write 92
Mixed 51.5
SusWrite 136
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.3
205% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3466 C19 4x16GB
4 of 8 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
104% Outstanding
MC Read 36.8
MC Write 53.6
MC Mixed 36.4
121% 42.3 GB/s
SC Read 7.2
SC Write 20.2
SC Mixed 9.1
35% 12.2 GB/s
Latency 87.1
46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 77%
This bench: 104%
Great: 141%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical PRIME X299-A Builds (Compare 1,269 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 93%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-A

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $744
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