Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming 3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 3-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170914
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '18 at 05:52
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 74.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 249 82% 151 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 898 84% 697 Pts	64-Core 1,414 88% 1,414 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 107 Parallax 103 83% 104 fps	MRender 90.7 Gravity 94.5 Splatting 89.3 75% 91.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34388050352 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 111 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1291 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 111 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 112 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 219044315180 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 186 Mixed 169 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.22 110% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 11545616 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2410 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 7790 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1284 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 109 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 56 655425571 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4304 (C2) HDA temperature 35 44 51539607587 (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 -26461293510468 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3088282 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6821107	105% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 176 Mixed 171 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.21 89% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.4% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 7.6 27% 9.43 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 8.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 92.3 43% 92.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 65%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	104x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	68x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	66x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	49x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	40x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	23x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)WD $37Bench 244%, 109,999 samples	23x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	74x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	47x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	31x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $840

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