Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	228% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	45.4 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '16 at 22:33
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 1,101 98% 826 Pts	64-Core 1,815 112% 1,815 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 370E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 153 Parallax 133 123% 146 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 144 Splatting 108 99% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4102 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1337 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 5 (AE) Unknown 99 99 60 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1684 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 47 44 53 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 2560 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1925 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1730	228% Outstanding	Read 1,961 Write 1,515 Mixed 1,653 380% 1,710 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 29.9 162% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 41.7 DQ Write 392 DQ Mixed 216 167% 216 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 241%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 207GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4100 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1298 (B1) Unknown 99 99 26 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 1 0 (B6) Unknown 100 1 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 117 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18932660059	114% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 494 Mixed 467 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 38.2 159% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 88.4 136% 257 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 824GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 112 (03) Spinup time 184 184 21495808276 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7279 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 148 148 28 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4051 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7279 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7279 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 184684445723 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.8% Above average	Read 90.4 Write 97.1 Mixed 69.1 64% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.36 96% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 73%
Maxtor STM3320820AS 320GB 4,234 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 87 64469179 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8821 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 369498432 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6430 (BB) vendor-specific 62 62 38 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 522125343 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 54 198549554 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 11 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 11 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 131 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.5% Average	Read 76.8 Write 74.6 Mixed 74.9 57% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.42 96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 44%
Maxtor 6B300S0 300GB 497 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 279GB free Firmware: BANC1BY0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 181 177 25702 (04) Start/Stop count 251 251 5849 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 247 238 62360 (09) Power-on hours count 146 146 3486 (0A) Spinup retry count 238 218 13 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 244 244 3741 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 253 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 13570 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 2 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 238 218 13 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 241 241 155 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0	36.1% Below average	Read 63.7 Write 61.2 Mixed 64.7 48% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 3.67 4K Mixed 0.51 150% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 36%
Maxtor 7L250S0 251GB-$118 346 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 234GB free Firmware: BANC1E00 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 183 178 23778 (04) Start/Stop count 246 246 15394 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 1 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 247 235 46419 (09) Power-on hours count 193 193 19659 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 205 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 230 230 9198 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 253 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 251 10370 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 205 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 240 240 162 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	35.2% Below average	Read 56 Write 65.7 Mixed 67.9 48% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.37 4K Mixed 0.49 146% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 35%
ST1000LM024 HN-M 1TB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 825GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 42.7 Write 42 Mixed 34.8 51% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 3x16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3 of 8 slots used 48GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 45.9 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 41.6 123% 43.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.8 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 116%

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Workstation 96%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

CPU
Core i7-6950XIntel $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples	56x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	52x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	10x

SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	15x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)WD $37Bench 244%, 109,999 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 122%, 173 samples	17x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 95%, 1,053 samples	14x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 92%, 6,789 samples	9x

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Total price: $968

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 $182	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) $30	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

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