Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.2% 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	67.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160522
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '17 at 16:06
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 219 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 698 71% 577 Pts	64-Core 898 56% 898 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 117 Parallax 104 98% 114 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 107 Splatting 95.7 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hectron HECX1-240G 240GB 249 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 218GB free Firmware: H1DB11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 100 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 323 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 35 (A3) Unknown 100 100 285 (94) Unknown 100 100 29683 (95) Unknown 100 100 456 (96) Unknown 100 100 284 (97) Unknown 100 100 418 (A4) Unknown 100 100 12332 (A5) Unknown 100 100 45 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34205658251285 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 46016 (F2) Unknown 100 100 116964 (F5) Unknown 100 100 72835 (F6) Unknown 100 100 59366 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	86.9% Excellent	Read 508 Write 373 Mixed 443 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 34.2 116% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 76.1 85% 142 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 97%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 90GB free Firmware: CXB7201Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 2,487 Write 1,084 Mixed 1,323 358% 1,631 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 26.9 139% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 64.7 69% 115 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12317 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2121 (B1) Unknown 84 84 185 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 153 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33489875732	67.8% Good	Read 489 Write 280 Mixed 305 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 18.6 83% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 40.1 58% 107 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 13 (03) Spinup time 176 174 6166 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2591 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14632 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2569 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 343865 (C2) HDA temperature 131 108 19 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.7% Good	Read 130 Write 113 Mixed 119 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.25 100% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FARG 4x4GB 438 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 46.8 MC Mixed 35.8 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.8 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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Gaming 88%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	138x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	78x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	26x

SSD
990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $120Bench 421%, 18,218 samples	13x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	9x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	14x
9965600-033.A00G 4x16GBUnknownBench 99%, 23 samples	9x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	7x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $623

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 $46

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