Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	278% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 13:58
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 97.9 2-Core 195 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 607 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3711) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 130 Parallax 142 104% 133 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1468 1541 1567 1549 1503 1511 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,239 Write 1,485 Mixed 850 SusWrite 1523 340% 1,524 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 59.7 210% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 737 DQ Write 641 DQ Mixed 668 507% 682 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 353%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 166 166 159 171 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 211 Mixed 98 SusWrite 167 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 364% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 213 214 216 202 213 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 214 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 211 129% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.8 218% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 397GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 144 143 144 145 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 142 Write 107 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 143 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 113%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 127 127 127 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 118 Write 112 Mixed 77 SusWrite 128 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76% Very good	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 24.9 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 18 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 111%

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Gaming 88%

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Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 79%

Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	138x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	78x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	26x

SSD
990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $121Bench 421%, 18,218 samples	13x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	9x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	14x
9965600-033.A00G 4x16GBUnknownBench 99%, 23 samples	9x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	7x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $624

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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