Asus PRIME X299-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 103%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics115% 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 Drive213% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME X299-A  (all builds)
Memory28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170906
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 02 '18 at 12:33
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU 44%

 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-7900X-$420
LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
83.2% Excellent
Memory 71.8
1-Core 127
2-Core 249
81% 149 Pts
4-Core 507
8-Core 944
87% 725 Pts
64-Core 1,642
102% 1,642 Pts
Poor: 72%
This bench: 83.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
115% Outstanding
Lighting 155
Reflection 170
Parallax 170
126% 165 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 155
Splatting 117
106% 130 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 115%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
173GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
213% Outstanding
Read 1,852
Write 1,181
Mixed 1,176
310% 1,403 MB/s
4K Read 44.7
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 26
164% 63.3 MB/s
DQ Read 463
DQ Write 388
DQ Mixed 180
202% 344 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 213%
Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
2TB free
Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
94.5% Outstanding
Read 167
Write 162
Mixed 165
124% 165 MB/s
4K Read 0.73
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.18
82% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 94.5%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB
2 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
48.9% Average
MC Read 15.1
MC Write 23.6
MC Mixed 14.5
51% 17.7 GB/s
SC Read 8.2
SC Write 19.1
SC Mixed 9.4
35% 12.2 GB/s
Latency 97.4
41% 97.4 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 48.9%
Great: 96%

 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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