Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.8% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '16 at 16:09
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 283 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 938 90% 742 Pts	64-Core 1,482 92% 1,482 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 74.8 Reflection 70 Parallax 54.5 61% 66.5 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 74.9 61% 73.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2703 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 937 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 161 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4300866198 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 72 470745115 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 161 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 358247 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 73 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 358247 (F2) Unknown 100 100 634938	87.8% Excellent	Read 513 Write 481 Mixed 486 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 21 120% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 88 DQ Mixed 19.5 26% 45.4 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 110%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 13 (03) Spinup time 221 157 10916 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3253 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11987 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3103 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 324 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 129120 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	68.1% Good	Read 134 Write 103 Mixed 101 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.46 142% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 796GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 36 (03) Spinup time 253 171 941 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2976 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2836 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 423 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 43891 (C2) HDA temperature 123 109 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.2% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 92.6 Mixed 85.8 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 4x8GB 1,118 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 47.7 MC Write 49.4 MC Mixed 41.6 132% 46.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 117%

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Gaming 94%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 96%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

CPU
Core i7-6950XIntel $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples	56x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	52x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	10x

SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	15x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)WD $37Bench 244%, 109,999 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 122%, 173 samples	17x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 95%, 1,053 samples	14x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 92%, 6,789 samples	9x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $968

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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

Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

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