Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	271% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	46.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171228
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '19 at 06:38
Run Duration	328 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9820X-$550 2,515 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 69.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 80% 148 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 860 83% 681 Pts	64-Core 1623 100% 1623 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.6% Very good	Lighting 88.2 Reflection 89.2 Parallax 132 72% 103 fps	MRender 88.2 Gravity 103 Splatting 126 89% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 539GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1643 1419 1392 1400 1393 1370 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,042 Write 1,995 Mixed 1,530 SusWrite 1,436 393% 1,751 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 64.5 217% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 544 DQ Mixed 792 581% 771 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 410%
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$140 12,308 User benchmarks, average bench 232% 905GB free Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1316 892 901 900 915 915 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,154 Write 1,676 Mixed 1,278 SusWrite 973 288% 1,270 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 43.6 143% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,127 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 933 687% 913 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 303%
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$140 12,308 User benchmarks, average bench 232% 1.5TB free Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1234 909 906 908 902 910 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,118 Write 1,603 Mixed 1,222 SusWrite 962 278% 1,226 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 38.6 135% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,178 DQ Write 790 DQ Mixed 979 732% 982 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 303%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 43GB free Firmware: X6104000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 231 198 168 169 232 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 330 Write 156 Mixed 169 SusWrite 203 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 24.8 80% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 147 164% 280 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 121%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 199GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 83 84 85 85 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 113 Write 97.2 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 83.6 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 99%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 164 165 166 166 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 149 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 166 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 99%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 45.3 MC Mixed 27.7 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 9.5 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 140%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $1,275Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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