Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	165% 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 (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF X299 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170809
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 19:18
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$281 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 787 79% 643 Pts	64-Core 152 9% 152 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Lighting 71.4 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 61.9 58% 67.8 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 67.4 Splatting 67.3 56% 68.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 11,069 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,337 Write 653 Mixed 743 200% 911 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 53.1 174% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 494 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 54.7 127% 271 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 234%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 558GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 71065967 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 734 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4116160 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 282 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 61 638910501 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 771 (C2) HDA temperature 37 12 51539607589 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 71065967 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -83829171682539 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1868779252 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3054846267	93.6% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 154 Mixed 129 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.29 92% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 23.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 111%

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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 $76Bench 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