Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.3% 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	222% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	122.6 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160522
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 05:46
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 740 69% 572 Pts	64-Core 1,139 70% 1,139 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1803 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.3% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 113 Parallax 110 83% 108 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 80.7 73% 90.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,361 Write 1,154 Mixed 1,239 348% 1,585 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 39.4 155% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 66.4 92% 171 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 254%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 31GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 966 Write 448 Mixed 561 145% 659 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 21.1 105% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 124 148% 257 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 182%
Seagate ST6000VN0041-2EL11C 6TB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 65 175702419 (03) Spinup time 86 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21308316 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5007931869108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 256 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 76 3186914362086 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 538837024 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 167 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3392 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 175702419 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -3027951943515 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2363785666 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1591479190
Poor: 51% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76379736 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8825 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 47 47 1481782125663 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2732 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 45 9111928863 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 252 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37585 (C2) HDA temperature 31 55 -140737488355297 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -87969520154194 (F1) Unknown 100 253 53551170169506 (F2) Unknown 100 253 70332623747267	93.8% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 153 Mixed 151 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.38 106% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 8x16GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	MC Read 53.9 MC Write 57.2 MC Mixed 54.8 158% 55.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 21.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 142%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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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