Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	141% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '20 at 11:22
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 201 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 706 65% 545 Pts	64-Core 1033 64% 1033 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 196 Parallax 177 132% 178 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 173 Splatting 126 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 832GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 502 572 560 560 557 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 629 Write 516 Mixed 479 SusWrite 515 120% 535 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 53.5 174% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 747 DQ Write 595 DQ Mixed 689 511% 677 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 302%
Plextor M6e PCIe 512GB-$60 150 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 190GB free Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 502 567 557 557 543 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 688 Write 524 Mixed 387 SusWrite 511 118% 527 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 24.7 92% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 411 DQ Write 410 DQ Mixed 299 255% 373 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 142%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 780GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 166 166 166 166 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 176 Mixed 113 SusWrite 165 117% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 8x4GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 48.7 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 41.9 127% 44.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 20.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 144%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	149x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	49x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	24x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	23x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	9x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	8x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	9x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 2,702 samples	8x
Team-Elite-2400 8x4GBTeamBench 121%, 40 samples	7x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $590

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16