Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics111% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170914
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 09 '19 at 03:18
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 60%
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 PC Performing below expectations (38th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216
CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
76.6% Very good
Memory 76
1-Core 121
2-Core 235
79% 144 Pts
4-Core 414
8-Core 756
70% 585 Pts
64-Core 1,050
65% 1,050 Pts
Poor: 69%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396
Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
111% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 149
Parallax 112
114% 134 fps
MRender 181
Gravity 145
Splatting 104
113% 143 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 111%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98
8GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 595
Write 376
Mixed 431
104% 467 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 88.5
4K Mixed 37
134% 50.5 MB/s
DQ Read 140
DQ Write 247
DQ Mixed 21.7
65% 136 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 107%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 168 169 168 169 168 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 157
Mixed 108
SusWrite 168
114% 155 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1
206% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 102%
Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
373GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 149 149 149 147 150 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Read 148
Write 115
Mixed 79.2
SusWrite 149
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 2x8GB
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
49.1% Average
MC Read 15.4
MC Write 23.4
MC Mixed 13.8
50% 17.5 GB/s
SC Read 8.2
SC Write 21.3
SC Mixed 9.3
37% 12.9 GB/s
Latency 88.3
45% 88.3 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 49.1%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 Builds (Compare 215 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 102%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 110%
UFO

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $1,579
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