Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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	120.8 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '19 at 12:59
Run Duration	271 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$654 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 74.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 986 88% 745 Pts	64-Core 2,313 143% 2,313 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 76.5 66% 79.3 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 76.3 61% 74.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 445 441 437 440 438 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 440 Mixed 408 SusWrite 442 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 46.3 152% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$690 3,492 User benchmarks, average bench 271% 957GB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1244 1209 1186 1155 1173 1161 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,710 Write 1,468 Mixed 945 SusWrite 1,188 297% 1,328 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 54.7 198% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 994 DQ Write 839 DQ Mixed 912 684% 915 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 354%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 154GB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1892 1463 957 821 749 725 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 1,988 Write 1,791 Mixed 934 SusWrite 1,101 325% 1,453 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 54.5 204% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1065 DQ Write 913 DQ Mixed 929 712% 969 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 353%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 2TB 2,362 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 381GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 437 430 425 428 425 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 442 Write 393 Mixed 349 SusWrite 432 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 24.3 79% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 156 114% 149 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 97%
HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium 8TB-$96 1,061 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3.5TB free Firmware: A4GNT514 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 194 178 190 185 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 174 Mixed 82 SusWrite 189 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Seagate M3 2TB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 921GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 91 104 104 104 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 84.5 Write 99 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 95.9 65% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.5 192% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 67%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 452GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 110 103 107 107 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 81.5 Write 105 Mixed 91 SusWrite 108 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 271% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 8x16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 53.9 MC Mixed 35.3 118% 41.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 9.1 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 90.5 44% 90.5 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $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