Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.8% 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 Drive	223% 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190214
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 10 '19 at 23:01
Run Duration	291 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9820X-$550 2,515 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 79.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 261 85% 156 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 926 84% 706 Pts	64-Core 1753 108% 1753 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Device(0000 0000) 1GB CLim: 822 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 19.7 Reflection 23.3 Parallax 17.7 16% 20.2 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 20.3 Splatting 21.5 18% 22.8 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 897GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1339 957 956 946 949 950 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,668 Write 1,773 Mixed 1,165 SusWrite 1,016 316% 1,405 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 43.1 177% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 1,005 DQ Write 804 DQ Mixed 918 683% 909 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 284%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$80 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 888GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 393 398 395 390 374 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 431 Write 378 Mixed 382 SusWrite 386 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 31.8 119% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 150 122% 176 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$80 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 768GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 399 397 399 380 368 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 391 Mixed 380 SusWrite 389 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 38 141% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 295 240% 341 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 125%
Jmicron BIG 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 714GB free Firmware: 0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 340 337 338 338 337 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51% Above average	Read 305 Write 330 Mixed 306 SusWrite 339 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 19.5 4K Mixed 16.4 54% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 34 DQ Mixed 26.2 20% 27.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 53%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 481GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 99 103 103 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 108 Write 94.3 Mixed 86.6 SusWrite 102 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 76%
JMicron 640GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 446GB free Firmware: 0117 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 111 111 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 110 Write 35 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 111 57% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 62%
ASMT ASM1352R-Volume 960GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 615GB free, PID 1356 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 179 95 96 95 96 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	213% Outstanding	Read 345 Write 327 Mixed 306 SusWrite 146 370% 281 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 23.2 2,259% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 59.8 DQ Mixed 34.2 3,296% 40.2 MB/s
Poor: 213% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 213%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 94 97 97 97 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 96.1 Write 98 Mixed 55 SusWrite 96.4 116% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FD 2x8GB 9,486 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 17.7 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 11 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 82 49% 82 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 96%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	497x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	261x
Core i7-7740XIntel $240Bench 87%, 5,094 samples	148x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	152x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	93x

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	61x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	56x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	31x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16