Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171228
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '18 at 18:07
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7940X-$815 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 80 1-Core 125 2-Core 245 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 946 84% 710 Pts	64-Core 2,310 143% 2,310 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 152 Parallax 125 118% 141 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 138 Splatting 101 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 267 272 273 272 275 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 461 Mixed 375 SusWrite 283 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 47.2 158% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 226 205% 313 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 118%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 136GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1241 357 298 298 298 299 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,268 Write 1,459 Mixed 1010 SusWrite 465 288% 1,300 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 71 248% 91.3 MB/s	DQ Read 966 DQ Write 870 DQ Mixed 971 714% 936 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 280%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 165 167 167 167 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 152 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 166 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.6 442% 3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 108%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 97 99 99 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 87.8 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 98.8 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 63%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 6TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 265 259 268 264 263 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 46% Great: 100%

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 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 21.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 10.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 164%

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

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Gaming 105%

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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 $1,148Bench 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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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