Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	244% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus TUF X299 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180803
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '19 at 23:22
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 87.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 848 84% 684 Pts	64-Core 1,092 68% 1,092 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% AMD(1002 E147) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 13 12% 13.1 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.3 9% 11.4 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 628 309 309 306 305 308 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,447 Write 1,388 Mixed 1,231 SusWrite 361 300% 1,357 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 77.8 271% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 981 DQ Write 822 DQ Mixed 894 672% 899 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 280%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 180 180 175 181 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 182 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 179 107% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 720GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 125 125 123 126 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 99 Write 41 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 125 62% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 349GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 110 114 112 115 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 122 Write 34.2 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 114 51% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.4 218% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 75%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 394GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 89 90 93 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 94 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 91.2 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 69%
SAMSUNG HD103UJ 1TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2GB free, PID 00a2 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 38 38 37 38 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 34 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 37.3 45% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.8% Good	MC Read 19 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 17.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 10.8 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	495x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	260x
Core i7-7740XIntel $130Bench 87%, 5,094 samples	148x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	168x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	151x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	92x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	78x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	60x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	56x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	28x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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