Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	121% 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	284% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 71% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Asus TUF X299 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '19 at 22:41
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%
CPU Throttled	71%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 69.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 245 79% 146 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 775 77% 627 Pts	64-Core 987 61% 987 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 184 Parallax 189 135% 180 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 169 Splatting 119 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 917GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1372 1392 1372 1304 1316 1311 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 1910 Write 1,462 Mixed 1,161 SusWrite 1,344 329% 1,469 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 70.7 266% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,080 DQ Write 890 DQ Mixed 506 510% 825 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 372%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 848GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 415 425 420 397 395 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 346 Mixed 350 SusWrite 407 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 46.2 150% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 261 215% 306 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 125%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 144 144 144 142 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 155 Write 157 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 144 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 91%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 372GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 77 79 83 85 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 56.3 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 78.9 52% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 72%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 101GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 102 104 106 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 54.5 Write 45.5 Mixed 42.2 SusWrite 104 45% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 1,779 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.2% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 19.9 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 7.6 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 121%

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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 $281Bench 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 $90Bench 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: $791

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 $45	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