Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 174% UFO


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	150% 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	328% 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.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	123.5 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190801
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '20 at 10:38
Run Duration	284 Seconds
Run User	GEO-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i9-9980XE-$1,097 2,201 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 74.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 279 89% 165 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 1,041 93% 785 Pts	64-Core 3,013 186% 3,013 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3711) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	150% Outstanding	Lighting 199 Reflection 224 Parallax 217 162% 213 fps	MRender 261 Gravity 220 Splatting 144 163% 208 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 836GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1731 1624 1499 1282 1293 1288 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	328% Outstanding	Read 2,076 Write 1,541 Mixed 1,288 SusWrite 1,452 356% 1,589 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 218 4K Mixed 91 322% 123 MB/s	DQ Read 1,362 DQ Write 1,204 DQ Mixed 1,276 959% 1,281 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 328% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 2TB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1235 1241 1222 1224 1220 1232 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 2,068 Write 1,224 Mixed 1,317 SusWrite 1,229 326% 1,459 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 218 4K Mixed 74.7 296% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1481 DQ Write 1,360 DQ Mixed 1,358 1,036% 1,400 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 435%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 2TB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2245 2250 2237 1800 1123 1129 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	359% Outstanding	Read 2,200 Write 2,230 Mixed 1607 SusWrite 1,797 441% 1,959 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 242 4K Mixed 85.2 324% 128 MB/s	DQ Read 1,445 DQ Write 1,330 DQ Mixed 1,364 1,030% 1,380 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 359% Great: 435%
WD WUH721414ALE6L4 14TB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 13TB free Firmware: LDGNW07G SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 248 246 251 270 247 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 71% Great: 138%

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 as expected (44^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 50.8 MC Mixed 34.5 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 9.5 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 91.1 44% 91.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 142%

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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	26x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	31x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	24x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 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 $158Bench 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	31x

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Total price: $1,628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16