Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '18 at 15:53
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 155 2-Core 304 98% 181 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 636 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 998 62% 998 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.7% 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 336C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2777 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 163 Parallax 139 118% 149 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 148 Splatting 120 107% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% 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% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,439 Write 1,782 Mixed 914 377% 1,711 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 195 4K Mixed 75 280% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,253 DQ Write 1,096 DQ Mixed 1,045 819% 1,131 MB/s
Poor: 159% Great: 353%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 368GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 64 64 63 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 57.4 Write 28.8 Mixed 46.4 SusWrite 63.2 36% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 58%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 184 184 184 184 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 143 Write 157 Mixed 113 SusWrite 182 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.9 522% 4.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 92%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 16GB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 72 89 69 68 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 114 Write 103 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 76.4 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 20.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 12.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 164%

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Gaming 102%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 110%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 - $500

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	67x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	58x
Core i9-7920XIntel $250Bench 82%, 5,430 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	63x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	32x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	18x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	21x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	10x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	60x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	27x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	23x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,579

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 $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) $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