Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 162% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	146% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	279% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	58.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 13:46
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,508 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 79.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 268 85% 157 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 983 88% 740 Pts	64-Core 2,713 168% 2,713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Lighting 223 Reflection 186 Parallax 190 182% 200 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 170 Splatting 121 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 1,877 Write 1,770 Mixed 1,608 391% 1,752 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 63.8 224% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 632 DQ Write 544 DQ Mixed 281 294% 486 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 335GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10184 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1276 (B1) Unknown 99 99 42 (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 71 48 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 105 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20728972334	119% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 501 Mixed 513 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 45.6 169% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 176 182% 298 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
WD Gold 10TB (2016)-$233 1,110 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 8TB free Firmware: 01.01H02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 96 (03) Spinup time 147 147 34388902336 (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 2112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 245 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 322 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 322 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 180389806111 (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 228 Write 214 Mixed 211 164% 218 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 4.68 4K Mixed 0.77 204% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 152 11066 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1310 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10173 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1260 (10) Unknown 6 194 118166666784 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1203 (C2) HDA temperature 120 95 32 (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	81.5% Excellent	Read 145 Write 139 Mixed 129 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.86 4K Mixed 0.21 105% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x8GB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 62.4 MC Mixed 42.5 139% 48.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 9.9 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 142%

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Gaming 102%

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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	57x
Core i9-7920XIntel $250Bench 82%, 5,430 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	62x
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	13x
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	22x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,593

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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