Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	101% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160530
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '19 at 18:33
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 176 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 582 55% 457 Pts	64-Core 720 44% 720 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2771 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 196 Parallax 200 119% 181 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 183 Splatting 127 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV256 256GB 8,369 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7000Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 191 151 128 111 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 688 Write 285 Mixed 270 SusWrite 156 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 32.7 137% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 717 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 396 320% 465 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 147%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 76GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 75 75 77 76 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 72.5 Write 75.8 Mixed 49 SusWrite 75.8 50% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 54%
Toshiba Notebook SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$117 2,938 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 120GB free Firmware: AUF02W SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 62 62 63 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 146 Write 78.8 Mixed 100 SusWrite 66.7 73% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 24 4K Mixed 13.9 2,576% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 22.7 DQ Mixed 25.3 234% 25.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 76%
pny USB 2.0 FD 32GB 251 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 30GB free, PID 005d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 22.8 15% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 51% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAD 2x8GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.2% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 20.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 70%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 82%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	149x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	49x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	24x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	23x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	9x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	8x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	9x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 2,702 samples	8x
Team-Elite-2400 8x4GBTeamBench 121%, 40 samples	7x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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