Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 186% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	148% 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	237% 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	120.5 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	Dec 06 '19 at 01:07
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 82 1-Core 140 2-Core 238 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 1,121 99% 842 Pts	64-Core 3,330 206% 3,330 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.7% 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 CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	148% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 224 Parallax 211 163% 212 fps	MRender 250 Gravity 201 Splatting 141 155% 197 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$220 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1210 1224 1150 1123 1160 1131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,852 Write 1,737 Mixed 1,211 SusWrite 1,166 334% 1,492 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 53.7 204% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 393 DQ Write 901 DQ Mixed 1,017 669% 770 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 371%
Dual Drive Dock 2 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 530GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 400 394 382 384 382 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	66.6% Good	Read 385 Write 373 Mixed 365 SusWrite 391 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 27 4K Mixed 22.8 76% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 43.7 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 17 33% 63.2 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 71%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$192 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 333GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 182 183 182 182 182 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 687 Write 186 Mixed 277 SusWrite 182 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 11.7 86% 21 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 282%
Dual Drive Dock 1 14TB 3TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 258 253 251 252 251 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

WD WUH721414ALE6L4 14TB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 5TB free Firmware: LDGNW07G SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 178 179 178 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 224 Write 231 Mixed 99.3 SusWrite 179 134% 183 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 2.3 381% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 138%
WD Gold 12TB (2017)-$236 1,221 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 11TB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 177 178 177 178 169 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: 141 139 140 140 141 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 140 Mixed 109 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: 83.7% 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 (63^rd percentile)	126% Outstanding	MC Read 44 MC Write 67.3 MC Mixed 43.5 147% 51.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 10.1 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 177%

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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	32x
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 $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	18x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $157Bench 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	32x

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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