Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.7% 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	239% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF X299 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210319
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '24 at 22:25
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9820X-$550 2,515 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 211 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 687 65% 541 Pts	64-Core 1,146 71% 1,146 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.23 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 115 Parallax 103 81% 106 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 89.8 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN850X NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$85 23,469 User benchmarks, average bench 437% 492GB free (System drive) Firmware: 620311WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1589 1570 1686 1656 1256 1049 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,773 Write 1,766 Mixed 1,629 SusWrite 1,468 374% 1,659 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 45.8 164% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 748 DQ Write 510 DQ Mixed 616 464% 625 MB/s
Poor: 251% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 598%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 699GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 147 66 94 200 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 413 Write 314 Mixed 246 SusWrite 125 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 21.7 4K Mixed 7 38% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 71.6 DQ Mixed 25.2 37% 69.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 170 171 176 180 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 150 Mixed 76 SusWrite 176 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 16GB 153 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 15.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 10.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 21: 0P 2R 2G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
21%	19%	47	188	56	165	31.5"	1920 1017	AUS32C3 ASUS VG328

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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 $189Bench 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 $97Bench 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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $798

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 $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