Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF X299 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '20 at 11:21
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$235 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 154 2-Core 288 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 772 76% 622 Pts	64-Core 831 51% 831 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 107 Parallax 97.1 85% 103 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 81.2 74% 90.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 111 103 95 98 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 123 Write 200 Mixed 154 SusWrite 99.3 33% 144 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 32.8 142% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 133 108% 150 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 66%
USB 3.0 Enclosure 250GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 150GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 402 405 409 335 220 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	79.5% Very good	Read 417 Write 410 Mixed 399 SusWrite 359 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 37.7 110% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 97 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 158 112% 139 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 79%
OCZ AGILITY3 512GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 92GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 133 142 141 164 104 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.3% Below average	Read 159 Write 111 Mixed 146 SusWrite 137 31% 138 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 16.8 4K Mixed 13.3 62% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 61.4 DQ Mixed 51.7 48% 76.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 107%
WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB 24,830 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 425GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 409 406 401 404 405 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 482 Mixed 404 SusWrite 413 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 45.1 182% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 287 234% 332 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 119%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA360 320GB 4,752 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 11GB free Firmware: V54OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 36 35 36 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 37.3 Write 41.5 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 36.9 25% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 28.8 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 26.8 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 110%

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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 $235Bench 87%, 5,094 samples	150x

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	95x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	79x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	62x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 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: $791

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16