Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF X299 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '20 at 20:27
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7640X-$110 2,123 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 501 71% 521 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 79.9 Parallax 69.2 66% 76.6 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 75.6 61% 74 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 195 192 195 190 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 429 Write 432 Mixed 277 SusWrite 180 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 46.7 181% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 232 201% 300 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 100%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 199GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 427 462 463 465 354 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 460 Mixed 353 SusWrite 418 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 56.9 161% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 702GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 140 140 140 140 139 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 164 Write 154 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 140 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 196 193 188 189 199 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 138 Write 154 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 192 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 22.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 88%

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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 $200Bench 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 $269	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