Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	320% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	58.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171228
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '18 at 03:17
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$413 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 81.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 242 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 980 91% 761 Pts	64-Core 1,846 114% 1,846 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6796) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 172 Parallax 161 123% 161 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 171 Splatting 115 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 769GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1613 1635 1629 1599 1617 1606 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,008 Write 1,877 Mixed 1,243 SusWrite 1,616 379% 1,686 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 78.1 275% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1385 DQ Write 1,143 DQ Mixed 1,236 933% 1,254 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 425%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 343 343 340 344 341 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 334 Write 328 Mixed 322 SusWrite 341 75% 332 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 42.8 142% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 243 182% 243 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 459GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 330 330 330 328 332 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 328 Write 328 Mixed 316 SusWrite 330 74% 326 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 42.2 143% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 242 182% 245 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 129%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 238 233 236 234 230 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 229 Write 225 Mixed 113 SusWrite 234 146% 200 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 367% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 136%

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 @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 62.8 MC Mixed 34.9 126% 44.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 10.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 140%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

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 $1,148Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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