Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.18% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	173% 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.

Motherboard	Asus TUF X299 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	57 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '24 at 17:27
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	MNG-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7960X-$347 2,322 User benchmarks, average bench 83% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 68.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 76% 141 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 918 82% 695 Pts	64-Core 2,332 144% 2,332 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2000 13,526 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 094C) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.30 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	7.18% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 10.8 7% 9.93 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 8.4 Splatting 9.4 8% 9.87 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.18% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lenovo SL700 PCI-E M.2 512G 512GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0802B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 492 352 478 601 631 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1568 Write 239 Mixed 202 SusWrite 494 135% 626 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 40.8 145% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 894 DQ Write 713 DQ Mixed 63.1 249% 557 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 205%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$64 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 104 107 106 107 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 106 Write 72 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 105 65% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 135 137 136 138 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 139 Write 137 Mixed 65.2 SusWrite 137 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 75%
Jmicron Tech0 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 126GB free Firmware: 9128 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 86 90 86 90 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50% Above average	Read 86.3 Write 80.7 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 87.8 59% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 78%
Jmicron Tech1 2TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 645GB free Firmware: 9128 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 86 90 86 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 131 Write 136 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 87.9 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 4x16GB 657 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 19.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 9.1 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 184%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	21	1	60	27"	1280 884	KOS2718 KOIOS K2718UD

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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 $265Bench 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 $48Bench 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: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16