Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	133% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170914
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 12:19
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% , 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 74.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 82% 151 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 780 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 971 60% 971 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Lighting 73.3 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 63.7 60% 69.7 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 57 52% 65.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 189GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6483 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1464 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C2) HDA temperature 57 40 257699414059	64.2% Good	Read 494 Write 269 Mixed 275 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 7.45 67% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 35.6 71% 148 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 83%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 1,497 Write 448 Mixed 523 178% 823 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 17.6 94% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 536 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 45.6 130% 286 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 144%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 112GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8992 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2347 (B1) Unknown 93 93 75 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 49 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 174 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21708419611	78.5% Very good	Read 493 Write 258 Mixed 308 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 20.9 108% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 66.7 100% 192 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 410GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4939 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2248 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4865 (C2) HDA temperature 98 89 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	87.4% Excellent	Read 179 Write 126 Mixed 157 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.31 107% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.3% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 7.4 26% 9 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 8 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 91.3 44% 91.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 97%

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Desktop 88%

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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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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,579

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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