Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	232% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus TUF X299 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1079 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 04:31
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 83.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 275 90% 165 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 844 83% 681 Pts	64-Core 1,053 65% 1,053 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 147 Parallax 134 116% 141 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 132 Splatting 107 95% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 817 558 541 513 483 463 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,938 Write 1,498 Mixed 636 SusWrite 562 257% 1,159 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 58.2 236% 92.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1075 DQ Write 1,123 DQ Mixed 811 689% 1,003 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 254%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 117GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 348 251 268 195 217 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 456 Mixed 303 SusWrite 282 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 40.8 157% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 180 155% 221 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.1% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 16.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 10.8 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 112%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 94%

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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 $92Bench 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: $793

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 $178	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