Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	117% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). 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-Designare EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160831
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 06 '17 at 00:57
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 677 75% 590 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 192 Parallax 173 128% 174 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 153 Splatting 127 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Asmt ASM1352R-Fast 2TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 662GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 48% Great: 73%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 4,056 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 657GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA7100Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,530 Write 1,407 Mixed 1,582 406% 1,839 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 28.7 126% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 38.9 DQ Write 91.6 DQ Mixed 25.4 31% 52 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 331%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 7,011 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 477GB free Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,608 Write 573 Mixed 786 216% 989 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 32.6 135% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 80 75% 118 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 172%
Samsung MZVKV512HAJH-000L1 512GB 1,391 User benchmarks, average bench 207% 477GB free Firmware: 7L0QBXX7 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,173 Write 1,421 Mixed 1,561 381% 1,718 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 40.7 154% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 80.3 80% 130 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 260%
Marvell Raid VD 24TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 6.5TB free Firmware: MV.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	184% Outstanding	Read 269 Write 374 Mixed 284 232% 309 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 4.51 4K Mixed 0.46 181% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 197%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSA.16FAR CL16-16-16 D4-2400 BLS8G4D240FSA.16FAR CL16-16-16 D4-2400 BLS8G4D240FSA.16FAR CL16-16-16 D4-2400 48GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2400, 2133, 2400, 2133, 2400, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 44.2 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 34.2 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 22.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 99%

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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 $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $35Bench 244%, 109,999 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)