Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76% 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	98% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF X299 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	118.4 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '20 at 13:56
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	58%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7940X-$654 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 71.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 247 77% 144 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 849 77% 649 Pts	64-Core 2,176 135% 2,176 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 155 Parallax 134 63% 122 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 385 397 398 392 394 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 249 Mixed 216 SusWrite 392 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 38.4 137% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 213 193% 296 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 117%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 130GB free Firmware: 30WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 398 341 279 222 166 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 420 Write 402 Mixed 293 SusWrite 299 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 26.8 123% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 286 232% 329 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 117%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 669GB free Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1166 1238 1257 1237 1235 1242 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,402 Write 1,260 Mixed 969 SusWrite 1229 273% 1,215 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 59.6 216% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 628 DQ Write 858 DQ Mixed 466 429% 650 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 255%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 557GB free Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1202 1207 906 176 101 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,369 Write 1,290 Mixed 987 SusWrite 616 239% 1,066 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 69.4 248% 92.6 MB/s	DQ Read 575 DQ Write 788 DQ Mixed 393 377% 585 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 255%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 0A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 146 145 144 145 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 155 Write 145 Mixed 118 SusWrite 144 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2800 C15 8x16GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 51.1 MC Mixed 32.3 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 10.8 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 97.8 41% 97.8 ns
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 154%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	493x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	260x
Core i7-7740XIntel $281Bench 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	55x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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