Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 184% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	192% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF X299 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	42.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180803
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '22 at 23:14
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9960X-$1,579 850 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 66.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 76% 141 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 869 76% 644 Pts	64-Core 2,519 156% 2,519 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,198 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% MSI(1462 3881) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	192% Outstanding	Lighting 275 Reflection 285 Parallax 327 224% 296 fps	MRender 325 Gravity 243 Splatting 181 196% 250 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$255 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 391 347 348 382 327 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 353 Write 337 Mixed 279 SusWrite 360 75% 332 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 25.2 92% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 243 209% 308 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 4TB-$372 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 439GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 406 365 359 400 343 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 394 Write 390 Mixed 368 SusWrite 376 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 37.9 124% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$249 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 1TB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1565 1606 1547 1594 1584 1053 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 1,756 Write 1670 Mixed 1243 SusWrite 1,491 346% 1540 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 57.7 169% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,054 DQ Write 578 DQ Mixed 793 596% 808 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 371%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 96 99 101 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 62.5 Write 105 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 99 122% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.5 248% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4000 C18 8x8GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 45.7 MC Mixed 29.4 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 8.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 154%

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

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Desktop 87%

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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	497x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	261x
Core i7-7740XIntel $235Bench 87%, 5,094 samples	149x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	152x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	95x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	79x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	62x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	56x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	31x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16