Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82% 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	266% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	121.3 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '21 at 20:04
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9980XE-$1,067 2,201 User benchmarks, average bench 83% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 84.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 1,127 100% 846 Pts	64-Core 2,978 184% 2,978 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 121 Parallax 106 82% 109 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 104 Splatting 94.9 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Dell Express Flash PM1725a 1.6TB AIC 15 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1718 1713 1753 1782 1786 1770 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 1480 Write 1,794 Mixed 958 SusWrite 1,754 338% 1,496 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 58.6 219% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 984 DQ Write 475 DQ Mixed 652 505% 704 MB/s
Poor: 212% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 292%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW128GX4M8A2666C16 8x16GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 42.4 MC Write 65.6 MC Mixed 43.7 144% 50.6 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 11.3 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 163%

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

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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 $462Bench 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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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