Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 165% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	157% 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	298% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	59.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181105
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 14:54
Run Duration	312 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 77.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 88% 163 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 1,019 88% 753 Pts	64-Core 2,351 146% 2,351 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB; Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	157% Outstanding	Lighting 213 Reflection 159 Parallax 228 173% 200 fps	MRender 269 Gravity 229 Splatting 146 168% 215 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 866GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1552 1621 1772 1505 1494 1461 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2,014 Write 1,839 Mixed 1,179 SusWrite 1,568 370% 1,650 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 61.7 252% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,088 DQ Write 959 DQ Mixed 1,020 766% 1,022 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 425%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 954GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1858 1863 1875 1868 1870 1866 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	325% Outstanding	Read 2,024 Write 1,869 Mixed 1,242 SusWrite 1,867 394% 1,750 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 211 4K Mixed 65.1 264% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,181 DQ Write 1,080 DQ Mixed 1,126 846% 1,129 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 325% Great: 425%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 954GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2101 2105 2127 2142 2137 2124 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	351% Outstanding	Read 2240 Write 2,116 Mixed 1,264 SusWrite 2,123 435% 1,936 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 220 4K Mixed 65.1 270% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,188 DQ Write 1,049 DQ Mixed 1,128 843% 1,122 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 351% Great: 425%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 156 157 158 159 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 149 Mixed 105 SusWrite 156 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 99%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 39GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 138 126 129 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 105 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 133 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3GB free Firmware: 0001 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 89.4 Write 72.3 Mixed 47.7 52% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 105%

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 @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 57.8 MC Mixed 37.8 128% 44.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 9.9 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 85.4 47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 140%

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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 $1,306Bench 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 $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