Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.6% 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	314% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	58 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '18 at 01:52
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$420 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 72.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 86% 161 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 990 90% 753 Pts	64-Core 1759 109% 1759 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 134 Parallax 127 94% 126 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 138 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 777GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1722 1672 1443 1163 1157 1153 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	314% Outstanding	Read 2,116 Write 1,954 Mixed 1,453 SusWrite 1385 388% 1,727 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 76.7 280% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,398 DQ Write 1247 DQ Mixed 1,320 991% 1,322 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 314% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 682GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 414 422 441 441 440 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 472 Mixed 445 SusWrite 429 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 46.5 162% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 338GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 354 347 355 349 353 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 363 Write 206 Mixed 240 SusWrite 352 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 42 141% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 184 151% 216 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x16GB 9,153 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.2% Above average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 15.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 10.5 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 95.7 42% 95.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 140%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 133%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

CPU
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	45x
Core i9-9900XIntel $590Bench 84%, 3,521 samples	28x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	31x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	24x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,275Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	23x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	18x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	17x
670p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $80Bench 251%, 14,932 samples	16x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	59x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	50x
8x8GBUnknownBench 94%, 4,255 samples	31x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $1,628

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