Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	127% 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	217% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus TUF X299 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	58.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '20 at 22:36
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$993 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 74 1-Core 112 2-Core 213 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 822 74% 624 Pts	64-Core 2,244 139% 2,244 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 183 Parallax 205 142% 187 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 175 Splatting 126 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$105 327,441 User benchmarks, average bench 385% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1182 1191 1130 1228 1109 1097 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,920 Write 1,384 Mixed 1,451 SusWrite 1,156 331% 1,478 MB/s	4K Read 64.6 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 47.4 179% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 591 DQ Write 90.7 DQ Mixed 182 174% 288 MB/s
Poor: 266% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 477%
WD Gold 12TB (2017)-$288 1,221 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 8.5TB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 222 204 230 201 197 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 220 Write 216 Mixed 105 SusWrite 212 138% 188 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.4 311% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 138%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 177 173 185 167 163 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 133 Write 138 Mixed 17.4 SusWrite 173 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$63 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 152 151 163 144 143 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 86 Write 125 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 148 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 180% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 8x8GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 54.3 MC Mixed 35 119% 41.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 10.4 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 92.5 43% 92.5 ns
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 160%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical TUF X299 MARK 2 Builds (Compare 1,680 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 100%

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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 $206Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	501x
Core i7-7820XIntel $350Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	265x
Core i7-7740XIntel $130Bench 87%, 5,094 samples	150x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	170x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	153x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	97x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	79x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $55Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	62x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $142Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	57x

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: $785

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