Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	80GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 80GB 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME X299-A (all builds)
Memory	47.3 GB free of 80 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 20:02
Run Duration	331 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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-$413 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 79.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 982 89% 746 Pts	64-Core 1,756 109% 1,756 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 148 Parallax 126 109% 136 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 95% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 95078277 (03) Spinup time 86 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 943730287 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 14521284436226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 267 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 505217053 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 3144 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37397 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 51539607581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 95078277 (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 33908766809725 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38608826723 (F2) Unknown 100 253 154040461911	19.8% Very poor	Read 164 Write 128 Mixed 134 32% 142 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 3.06 4K Mixed 0.27 21% 5.21 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 26%
Crucial_CT2050MX300SSD1 2TB 2,359 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 574GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2737 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 61 167504379926 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 28681323379 (F7) Unknown 100 100 899023294 (F8) Unknown 100 100 470992595 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9158 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	67.3% Good	Read 370 Write 330 Mixed 275 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 18 81% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 22.8 58% 126 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 99%
Seagate ST6000VN0041-2EL11C 5TB 4TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 191 9108 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6410 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26607 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 863 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 326 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16755 (C2) HDA temperature 125 110 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 130 Mixed 128 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.3 122% 1.34 MB/s

WD WD50EFRX-68MYMN1 8TB 3TB free Firmware: GX0B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 10709 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 76 (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 93 93 3077 (0A) Spinup retry count 101 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3933 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 124554575899 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 96 96 1758 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 536 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 186 Mixed 167 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 6.24 4K Mixed 0.47 234% 2.77 MB/s

Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 936GB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 10194 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 202 (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 89 89 4516 (0A) Spinup retry count 104 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 201 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1589 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 163209281562 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 90 90 4025 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 547 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	68.8% Good	Read 116 Write 123 Mixed 121 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.26 96% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 109%
Toshiba HDWE160 8TB 853GB free Firmware: GX0B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 10484 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 78 (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 93 93 3077 (0A) Spinup retry count 101 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4090 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 137439412249 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 96 96 1689 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 625 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	103% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 181 Mixed 163 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.77 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.46 206% 2.21 MB/s

Multi Flash Reader 256GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 177GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 18.8 Write 18.4 Mixed 18.8 24% 18.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.17 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 1.17 113% 2.64 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 17%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 246GB 381 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 174GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 12.4 Mixed 12.4 21% 20.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.26 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.14 40% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FAD BLS16G4D240FSB.16FAD Corsair CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 Corsair CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 KLEVV 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K KLEVV 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K Corsair CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 Corsair CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 80GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54% Above average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 11.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 96%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 93%

Nuclear submarine

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 $413Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	149x

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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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