Gigabyte GA-X99M-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


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 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	204% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99M-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170608
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 07:28
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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 i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 251 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 809 79% 647 Pts	64-Core 1,015 63% 1,015 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 203 Parallax 194 150% 193 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 175 Splatting 119 113% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 104GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 666 Write 269 Mixed 284 89% 406 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 17.4 84% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 415 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 43.5 116% 249 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 155%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 2,011 Write 1,182 Mixed 1,152 319% 1,449 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 23 141% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 73.2 100% 178 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 236%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 274GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 192037008 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1006 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28554628 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 850 (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 72 60 521928732 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8926 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 47244640284 (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 43288975384684 (F1) Unknown 100 253 53536446760 (F2) Unknown 100 253 110572221374	59.8% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 114 Mixed 104 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.57 187% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 94%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 170GB free Firmware: GK0KA9CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 172 172 55865180506 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 27766 (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 93 93 49660 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1952 (C0) Power-off retract count 74 74 32039 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 32039 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 283468496933 (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 200 200 320	43.4% Average	Read 75.6 Write 75.7 Mixed 54.4 51% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.36 71% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9905625-062.A00G 2x8GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	68.5% Good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 22.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 78%

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Workstation 75%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99M-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	100x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	39x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	19x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	16x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	14x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	11x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $115Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair $154Bench 85%, 8,498 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GBCorsair $74Bench 76%, 29,684 samples	7x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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