Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28.7% 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	172% 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	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.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190801
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '19 at 23:09
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9940X-$790 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 85% , 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 84.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 290 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 1,151 102% 864 Pts	64-Core 2761 171% 2761 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 3354) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Lighting 36.1 Reflection 24.9 Parallax 29.8 29% 30.3 fps	MRender 31.7 Gravity 35.4 Splatting 32.7 27% 33.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 632 464 679 634 635 633 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,050 Write 640 Mixed 557 SusWrite 613 159% 715 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 56 220% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 519 DQ Write 637 DQ Mixed 500 399% 552 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 185%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 219GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 417 380 289 287 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 491 Mixed 460 SusWrite 342 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 69.4 238% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 174 174 174 173 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 135 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 173 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 175 176 177 190 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 157 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 178 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 205 216 220 221 219 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 208 215 216 215 220 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 101 Write 170 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 215 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 210 211 220 219 220 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 174 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 215 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 20.5 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 10.9 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 97%

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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 $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