Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	251% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Gigabyte X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	58.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '17 at 08:50
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 76.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 254 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 898 83% 694 Pts	64-Core 1377 85% 1377 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 3988) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Lighting 92.6 Reflection 87.1 Parallax 79.8 76% 86.5 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 80.2 Splatting 71.7 63% 78.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 1,849 Write 1,821 Mixed 1,609 393% 1,760 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 28.4 134% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 653 DQ Write 522 DQ Mixed 12.4 166% 396 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 353%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 127GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10571 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1380 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 85 85 475 (AE) Unknown 99 99 292 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 859 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 18 35 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 121712 (F1) Unknown 99 99 79689 (F2) Unknown 99 99 58398	209% Outstanding	Read 1,906 Write 1,185 Mixed 1,379 330% 1,490 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 44.7 179% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 43 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 27.9 52% 96.2 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 220%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 206 197 8700 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 238 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1368 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3997 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	95% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 142 Mixed 143 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.22 103% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 50381888 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12200 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 124201099 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 83 83 17460 (B7) Unknown 91 91 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 128852755019 (BD) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 10782 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 62511 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 12884901920 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 178 560 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 6614249644454 (F1) Unknown 100 253 165788247281 (F2) Unknown 100 253 195667369427	111% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 182 Mixed 180 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.21 75% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 171 171 21498626452 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 883 (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 100 100 5216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 712 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2235 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 214749216804 (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	90.7% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 163 Mixed 140 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.26 80% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 8x8GB 552 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	90.8% Outstanding	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 49.8 MC Mixed 29.6 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 10.5 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 87.6 46% 87.6 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 121%

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Workstation 110%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	72x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	68x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	56x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	36x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	31x

SSD
MZVLB512HAJQ-000H1 512GBSamsungBench 209%, 20,750 samples	38x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	14x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	10x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	93x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	41x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	28x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $940

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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