Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 146% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	140% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	120.3 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '19 at 01:16
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7960X-$347 2,322 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 73.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 80% 147 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 929 83% 702 Pts	64-Core 2,491 154% 2,491 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 208 Reflection 193 Parallax 177 170% 193 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 175 Splatting 124 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 917 506 509 508 510 508 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 130%
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 553GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 468 467 467 467 468 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 476 Mixed 421 SusWrite 468 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 51.9 179% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 354 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 130%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 625GB free Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1409 1403 1400 1397 1401 1404 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,193 Write 1,705 Mixed 1,164 SusWrite 1,402 361% 1,616 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 68 237% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,197 DQ Write 1,068 DQ Mixed 1,076 823% 1,114 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 363%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 180 183 184 179 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 149 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 179 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.7 220% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 119 124 125 117 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 56.2 Write 95.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 119 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.5 198% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 90%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 49.2 MC Mixed 33.6 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 9.9 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 94.4 42% 94.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 142%

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

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Gaming 102%

UFO

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 110%

UFO

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 - $500

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	67x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	59x
Core i9-7920XIntel $250Bench 82%, 5,430 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	64x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	32x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	19x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	21x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	10x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	61x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	27x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	23x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16