Gigabyte GA-X99-Phoenix SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.2% 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	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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Phoenix SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160830
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 23:43
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 10 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 999 88% 748 Pts	64-Core 1,211 75% 1,211 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 98.9 Parallax 104 92% 105 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 101 Splatting 82.9 75% 92.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 366GB free Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11162 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 551 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 167 (A9) Unknown 100 100 714 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 54 (AE) Unknown 100 100 334 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 36411 (C2) HDA temperature 67 44 188979740705 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 336 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 28642 (F1) Unknown 253 253 18117 (F2) Unknown 253 253 18295 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	98% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 494 Mixed 480 111% 495 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 18 112% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 60.3 121% 244 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 114%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,686 Write 1,371 Mixed 1,422 401% 1,827 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 42.8 207% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 51.3 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 28.8 71% 140 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 302%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 26GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16708 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 572 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 90 90 201 (AE) Unknown 100 100 336 (B4) Unknown 0 0 10427 (B7) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 49 219044380706 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 90 90 10 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 58919053293 (F7) Unknown 100 100 259914118 (F8) Unknown 100 100 6760948593	77.1% Very good	Read 468 Write 369 Mixed 373 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 22.3 94% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 78.2 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 13.6 56% 118 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 104%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^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 4873 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (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 92 92 3384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2293 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 197569871907 (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 97 97 1496 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 638 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	90.9% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 158 Mixed 149 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 2.34 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.32 175% 1.64 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 104%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^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 5064 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (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 92 92 3385 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2203 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201864839201 (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 97 97 1271 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 640 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	93% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 161 Mixed 152 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 3.18 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.31 205% 1.84 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 104%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$239 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 578GB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 228209117 (03) Spinup time 88 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 75 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 447669076 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 97332548867021 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 521863198 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 3810 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4324 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 85899345950 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 10 6 228209117 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 29029683955834 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47588211592 (F2) Unknown 100 253 82717895646	111% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 184 Mixed 177 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 1.96 4K Write 3.46 4K Mixed 0.28 177% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 463GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 2936 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4799 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 34411667186 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 53174 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2287 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 77310591019 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 4816830493 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 222 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4937 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 -140737488355299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 3 2936 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -53901839532527 (F1) Unknown 100 253 68403786 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3459297751	47.9% Average	Read 87.7 Write 79.3 Mixed 71.8 60% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.46 86% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 75%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 83GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 186 9231 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7641 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4928 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49282 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 861 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 278 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4649 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 198 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 21 (C8) Write error rate 200 194 0	48.5% Average	Read 86.8 Write 81.4 Mixed 75 61% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.5 147% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB 785 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	MC Read 60.6 MC Write 62.6 MC Mixed 53.3 168% 58.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 23.2 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 130%

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Gaming 87%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 78%

Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Phoenix SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	46x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	38x
Core i7-6900KIntel $120Bench 86%, 6,755 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	24x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	6x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	6x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	5x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 84%, 32,187 samples	4x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GBCorsair $140Bench 87%, 4,858 samples	3x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $548

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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