Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	119.2 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '19 at 11:29
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 72 1-Core 131 2-Core 252 82% 152 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 1,008 89% 755 Pts	64-Core 2,248 139% 2,248 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 82.9% 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: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 75.7 Parallax 66.6 63% 73.2 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 72.2 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 420 420 413 416 418 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 430 Mixed 410 SusWrite 419 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 45.2 153% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 349 263% 352 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$690 3,492 User benchmarks, average bench 271% 1TB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1181 1086 1079 1053 1058 1070 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,746 Write 1,359 Mixed 826 SusWrite 1,088 280% 1,255 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 57.5 204% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 918 DQ Write 793 DQ Mixed 868 647% 860 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 354%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 176GB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1795 1734 1660 1421 1161 1007 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 1,954 Write 1,666 Mixed 800 SusWrite 1,463 329% 1,471 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 58.4 208% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 981 DQ Write 845 DQ Mixed 866 662% 897 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 353%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 2TB 2,362 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 309GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 420 419 413 414 416 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 419 Write 411 Mixed 354 SusWrite 420 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 31.1 4K Mixed 23.7 77% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 152 112% 145 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 97%
HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium 8TB-$94 1,061 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2TB free Firmware: A4GNT514 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 126 120 125 122 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 160 Write 181 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 122 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 658GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 129 129 125 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 77.2 Write 92 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 123 68% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 217% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58% 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 as expected (50^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 54 MC Mixed 35.6 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 9 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 96.9 41% 96.9 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 $620Bench 84%, 3,521 samples	28x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	26x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $1,642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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