Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	246% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	50.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171228
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '19 at 15:49
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$654 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 76.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 221 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 983 88% 743 Pts	64-Core 2,318 143% 2,318 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8561) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.3% Below average	Lighting 44.3 Reflection 43.8 Parallax 38.2 36% 42.1 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 35.7 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 708GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1469 1391 1416 1401 1384 1402 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,855 Write 1,649 Mixed 1,052 SusWrite 1,410 334% 1,492 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 61.9 200% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 569 DQ Write 468 DQ Mixed 528 393% 522 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 425%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 7.5TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 197 202 206 210 210 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 8.5TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 236 238 236 239 236 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 126 127 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 152 Write 128 Mixed 100 SusWrite 126 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 85%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 100 99 100 101 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 138 Write 114 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 102 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 98%

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 (65^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 54.9 MC Mixed 36.5 121% 42.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 9.4 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 88.1 45% 88.1 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% 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 $620Bench 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 $274	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 $184	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