Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	262% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	59.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 09:49
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$455 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 72.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 259 84% 155 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 919 83% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,774 110% 1,774 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 173 Parallax 189 122% 170 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 182 Splatting 127 119% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 873GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 1,895 Write 1,749 Mixed 1,753 402% 1,799 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 39.9 183% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 541 DQ Write 553 DQ Mixed 248 269% 447 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 363%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 223GB free Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 353 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 135 (A5) Unknown 100 100 167522926842 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 46 231928234022 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 356485693523 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 854 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2346 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1311 (F2) Unknown 253 253 868 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.6% Very good	Read 505 Write 447 Mixed 482 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 6.05 80% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 6.86 60% 138 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 86%
Toshiba MD04ACA600 6TB-$250 686 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 3228 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 401 (0A) Spinup retry count 103 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 493 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 180389740579 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 270 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 537 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	100% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 171 Mixed 153 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.37 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.35 136% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x16GB 9,153 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 47.1 MC Mixed 29.4 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 9.2 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 95.7 42% 95.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 140%

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Gaming 102%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 110%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 - $500

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	67x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	58x
Core i9-7920XIntel $250Bench 82%, 5,430 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	63x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	32x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	18x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	21x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	10x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	60x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	27x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	23x

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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