Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	265% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 06:07
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 77.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 94% 176 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 1,086 101% 843 Pts	64-Core 1,667 103% 1,667 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.8% 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)	71.6% Very good	Lighting 93.1 Reflection 89.5 Parallax 79.4 76% 87.3 fps	MRender 82.1 Gravity 79.8 Splatting 72.2 63% 78.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.6% 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% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 1,888 Write 1,815 Mixed 1,666 400% 1,790 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 38.2 175% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 750 DQ Write 457 DQ Mixed 30.9 177% 412 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 353%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 126GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11711 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1466 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 85 85 476 (AE) Unknown 99 99 307 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 859 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 18 34 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 122104 (F1) Unknown 99 99 80035 (F2) Unknown 99 99 59003	205% Outstanding	Read 1,931 Write 1,204 Mixed 1,414 336% 1,516 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 26.7 154% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 114 110% 177 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 205% 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 223 196 7841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 979 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5389 (C2) HDA temperature 120 104 32 (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	94.4% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 143 Mixed 145 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.21 100% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85828160 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12573 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 137155132 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14478 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 83 83 17552 (B7) Unknown 91 91 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 146033279573 (BD) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 10830 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64131 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 12884901921 (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 -4956392250040 (F1) Unknown 100 253 177628493946 (F2) Unknown 100 253 207600217950	108% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 170 Mixed 158 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4TB free Firmware: 0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 161 161 17209557358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1551 (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 6334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 797 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3128 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 214748889124 (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	81.9% Excellent	Read 141 Write 144 Mixed 155 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.34 88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 97%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 1,055 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 306GB free, PID ab24 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 113 Write 115 Mixed 112 147% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.34 40% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.9% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 7.7 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 9 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 85.5 47% 85.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 44%

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Desktop 87%

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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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Total price: $940

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