Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 154% UFO


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	139% 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	301% 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	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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	120.8 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '19 at 00:18
Run Duration	332 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i9-9960X-$1,579 850 User benchmarks, average bench 85% CPU0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 73.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 234 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 990 88% 743 Pts	64-Core 2,798 173% 2,798 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% PNY(196E 12AF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	139% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 223 Parallax 210 149% 205 fps	MRender 233 Gravity 197 Splatting 129 146% 186 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 697GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2256 2086 1584 1566 1575 1557 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 1,987 Write 1972 Mixed 1,367 SusWrite 1,771 399% 1,774 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 68.3 235% 85.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,033 DQ Write 806 DQ Mixed 955 704% 931 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 954GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1469 1376 1376 1365 1323 1270 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 1,791 Write 1,704 Mixed 1,188 SusWrite 1363 340% 1,511 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 61.8 218% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,106 DQ Write 953 DQ Mixed 1,037 775% 1,032 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 425%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 954GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1743 1749 1749 1751 1755 1755 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 1,777 Write 1738 Mixed 1,207 SusWrite 1,750 364% 1,618 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 66.8 224% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,102 DQ Write 941 DQ Mixed 1,020 765% 1,021 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 425%
Lacie RAID VD 0 60TB 31TB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 641 662 652 632 641 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	119% Outstanding	Read 933 Write 473 Mixed 681 SusWrite 627 152% 679 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 35.5 119% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 126 100% 139 MB/s

WD Red 10TB (2017)-$419 1,763 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 9.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 197 199 200 199 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 197 Mixed 104 SusWrite 200 127% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.5 324% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 27GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 22 18 25 22 22 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 87.3 Write 53.7 Mixed 14.7 SusWrite 21.2 50% 44.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.4 95% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x16GB 2,632 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 61.4 MC Mixed 41.5 137% 47.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 9.2 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 94.4 42% 94.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 142%

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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 $1,280Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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