Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% 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	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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '19 at 22:42
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 196 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 664 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 89.2 Parallax 85.8 67% 85.7 fps	MRender 84.2 Gravity 77.4 Splatting 71.3 63% 77.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 427 415 416 398 415 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 429 Mixed 385 SusWrite 416 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 42.7 143% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 343 261% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 483GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 156 161 161 157 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 133 Write 106 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 159 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 114%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 568GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 109 106 112 109 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Read 156 Write 195 Mixed 111 SusWrite 110 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 341% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.8% Good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 22.1 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 19.8 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 66%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	162x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	63x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	40x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	40x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	29x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	20x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
DDR4 2800 2OZ 4x4GBUnknownBench 86%, 872 samples	11x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 4x8GBUnknownBench 86%, 829 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GBCorsairBench 89%, 2,538 samples	7x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $764

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16