Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 137% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 182% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	145% 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.
Boot Drive	210% 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	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.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	121.9 GB free of 128 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '19 at 00:36
Run Duration	271 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9980XE-$1,097 2,201 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 82.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 91% 168 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 1,114 99% 836 Pts	64-Core 3,333 206% 3,333 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB; Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti FE CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	145% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 232 Parallax 226 160% 218 fps	MRender 237 Gravity 196 Splatting 137 150% 190 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$249 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1108 1235 1238 1207 1103 1172 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,818 Write 1,730 Mixed 1,184 SusWrite 1,177 331% 1,477 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 56.9 210% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 14.2 DQ Write 16.7 DQ Mixed 15.2 12% 15.4 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 371%
Dual Drive Dock 2 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 499GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 427 413 401 402 402 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.4% Good	Read 404 Write 387 Mixed 374 SusWrite 409 89% 393 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 25.8 85% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 12.6 DQ Write 16.5 DQ Mixed 16.2 12% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 71%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$164 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 333GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 184 183 182 183 182 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 691 Write 183 Mixed 276 SusWrite 183 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 11.7 86% 21 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 282%
Dual Drive Dock 1 14TB 3TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 257 253 251 252 256 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

WD WUH721414ALE6L4 14TB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 5TB free Firmware: LDGNW07G SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 178 178 179 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 226 Write 232 Mixed 99.3 SusWrite 179 134% 184 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 2.4 392% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 138%
WD Gold 12TB (2017)-$270 1,221 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 11TB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 177 177 178 178 177 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 138%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 139 141 139 141 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 151 Write 141 Mixed 110 SusWrite 140 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 8x16GB 328 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	126% Outstanding	MC Read 44.1 MC Write 66.7 MC Mixed 43.7 147% 51.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 10.1 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 177%

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

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Gaming 105%

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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	27x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	31x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	24x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 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 $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	17x
670p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16