Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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%, 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	93.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	60.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160713
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 20:20
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 931 89% 736 Pts	64-Core 1,719 106% 1,719 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 99% 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: 2554 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 153 Parallax 130 123% 144 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 144 Splatting 110 100% 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% 465GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4718 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1602 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 24 (AE) Unknown 99 99 129 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1684 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 25 59 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 12304 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6947 (F2) Unknown 99 99 4223	245% Outstanding	Read 2,014 Write 1,505 Mixed 1,633 382% 1,717 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 44.2 196% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 427 DQ Mixed 33.1 101% 209 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 241%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 221GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4713 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1561 (B1) Unknown 99 99 28 (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 59 51 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 205 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20555632747	93.9% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 503 Mixed 468 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 25.9 136% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 26 33% 55.9 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 754GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 111 (03) Spinup time 139 139 34386542970 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15973 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4316 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7551 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7551 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 201864314914 (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	51.8% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 84 Mixed 82.1 66% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 73%
Lexar JumpDrive P20 USB 3.0 64GB-$20 539 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 60GB free, PID a212 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 37.8 Mixed 17.2 38% 31.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.79 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.07 20% 1.62 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB-$351 1,197 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	MC Read 58.7 MC Write 60.6 MC Mixed 55.3 166% 58.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 23.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 172%

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Desktop 91%

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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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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $968

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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

Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

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