Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 143% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	141% 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	117.5 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	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '20 at 21:23
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7960X-$347 2,322 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 70.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 934 83% 705 Pts	64-Core 2,420 150% 2,420 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.9% 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: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 208 Reflection 189 Parallax 176 170% 191 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 176 Splatting 124 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 849 370 379 430 504 509 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% 582GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 470 470 471 471 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 480 Mixed 413 SusWrite 470 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 53.6 184% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 130%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 566GB free Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1434 1426 1422 1424 1427 1424 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2,231 Write 1,726 Mixed 1,135 SusWrite 1,426 364% 1,630 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 69.1 245% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,160 DQ Write 1,026 DQ Mixed 1,055 802% 1,080 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 363%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 182 183 184 182 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 126 Write 154 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 181 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.8 242% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 119 125 124 117 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 73.5 Write 89.7 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 120 64% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.5 203% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56% 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 (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 47.2 MC Mixed 31 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 9.3 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 99.4 40% 99.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 142%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16