Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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	207% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). 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	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '20 at 10:36
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 742 71% 587 Pts	64-Core 884 55% 884 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C730) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 146 Parallax 145 124% 148 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 131 Splatting 106 109% 138 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 240GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1682 1267 783 677 760 730 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,133 Write 1,876 Mixed 1,337 SusWrite 983 302% 1,332 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 58.4 211% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 943 DQ Write 707 DQ Mixed 866 636% 839 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 298%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 52GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 339 323 323 322 324 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 448 Mixed 426 SusWrite 334 94% 415 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 47.1 166% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 129%
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA500CM10002 500GB 7,894 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 234GB free Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 234 432 435 429 432 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 430 Mixed 379 SusWrite 401 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 35.8 136% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 222 202% 307 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 208GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 225 212 211 193 211 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 442 Write 419 Mixed 324 SusWrite 221 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 35.8 137% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 254 214% 312 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 108%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 163GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 52 53 53 53 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 69.7 Write 81.2 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 52.2 45% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.9% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 16.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 9.8 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 104%

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Workstation 94%

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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 $130Bench 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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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