Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.7% 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	73.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	58.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 21:15
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 883 78% 659 Pts	64-Core 1,474 91% 1,474 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.7% Very good	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 107 90% 111 fps	MRender 45.9 Gravity 66.6 Splatting 71.1 51% 61.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 647GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4140000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2582 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 593 (A5) Unknown 100 100 38687605173 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 39 (A8) Unknown 100 100 21 (A9) Unknown 100 100 883 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 69 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 68 62 266289020960 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1202595496216 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5205 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8432 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7525 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5164 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.1% Very good	Read 490 Write 338 Mixed 289 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 14.8 86% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 38.8 66% 131 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 106%
Hitachi HDN721010ALE604 10TB 330 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 9.5TB free Firmware: 83XN 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 96 (03) Spinup time 185 185 17201037699 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 49 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 92 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 94 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 167504969763 (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	132% Outstanding	Read 245 Write 216 Mixed 31.2 118% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 4.62 4K Mixed 0.73 218% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 135%
Hitachi HDN721010ALE604 10TB 330 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 9TB free Firmware: 83XN Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 96 (03) Spinup time 187 187 17200972159 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 49 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 92 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 95 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 163210002466 (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	127% Outstanding	Read 233 Write 209 Mixed 65.2 123% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 4.56 4K Mixed 0.72 206% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 135%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 234 100 7283 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4047 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7167 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1206 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 100 3948 (C2) HDA temperature 109 98 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0
Poor: 61% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 944GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 103 (03) Spinup time 160 160 21499412928 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 248 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 359 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 248 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 248 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 219044642857 (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	66.3% Good	Read 115 Write 115 Mixed 21.7 61% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 3.59 4K Mixed 0.62 174% 1.71 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 121%
AFT BLACKBIRDCX2 128GB 77GB free, PID 3117 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.6% Below average	Read 31.6 Write 26.8 Mixed 24.9 35% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.35 4K Write 6.41 4K Mixed 2.27 319% 5.01 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	MC Read 55.2 MC Write 51.2 MC Mixed 46 145% 50.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 19.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 122%

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Gaming 94%

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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 $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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Total price: $968

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

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