Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.3% 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	185% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF X299 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	57 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '21 at 21:44
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 70.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 243 78% 145 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 791 73% 608 Pts	64-Core 1,000 62% 1,000 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 870C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.3% Outstanding	Lighting 105 Reflection 144 Parallax 103 86% 117 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 113 Splatting 105 105% 133 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 510 SSD ZP1000GM30031 1TB 994 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 847GB free (System drive) Firmware: STPSC014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1363 1157 1489 1495 991 803 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,010 Write 1,366 Mixed 1,146 SusWrite 1,216 268% 1,184 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 31.6 122% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 859 DQ Write 651 DQ Mixed 774 574% 761 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 302%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 568GB free Firmware: ECFM22.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1469 981 983 977 978 979 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,295 Write 1,708 Mixed 1,397 SusWrite 1061 309% 1,365 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 50.1 185% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,235 DQ Write 668 DQ Mixed 942 703% 948 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 298%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 166 179 183 173 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 128 Write 144 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 176 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.6 221% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 170 175 181 181 183 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK32GX4M4A2133C13 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK32GX4M4A2133C13 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK32GX4M4A2133C13 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK32GX4M4A2133C13 64GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.9% Very good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 26.2 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 10 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 111%

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

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Motherboard: Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	496x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	261x
Core i7-7740XIntel $240Bench 87%, 5,094 samples	148x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	151x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	93x

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	61x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 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: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	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