boom... but how the heck did iyou get catZ to run on this platform?

Clean retail OS install, don't install any motherboard drivers beyond LAN and USB.

 

thx guys... maybe I'll try disabling each of the chipset drivers to ferret out the offending component. :)

is it only x299 thats affected?

7 hours ago, zeropluszero said:

is it only x299 thats affected?

I think so.

Just encountered this issue on Z370, +1 to the chipset drivers causing the issue. Nuking everything Intel in device manager got it working so thankfully no reinstall needed.

Still doesn't solve the shit CPU score due to no loading (compared to 6950X)

so maybe kill the bench if they dont keep it updated like futuremark does with systeminfo updates? we actually pay for this POS bench ffs

Add it to the obsolete/unsupported list.