Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 143% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	139% 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	98.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	110.9 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191002
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '20 at 23:45
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9940X-$790 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 85% CPU0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 69.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 249 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 1,010 87% 742 Pts	64-Core 2,434 151% 2,434 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3715) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	139% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 210 Parallax 221 148% 204 fps	MRender 232 Gravity 205 Splatting 133 150% 190 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$250 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 437 438 430 430 430 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 421 Mixed 310 SusWrite 434 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 33.2 125% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 284 234% 336 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$250 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 2TB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 239 240 238 238 238 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	74.5% Very good	Read 241 Write 231 Mixed 228 SusWrite 239 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 39.7 133% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 194 146% 195 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 133%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: MN0BB6P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 154 154 154 154 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 151 Write 149 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 154 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 85%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 772GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 114 116 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 136 Write 105 Mixed 78.1 SusWrite 114 142% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.3 168% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 65%

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 @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 61.4 MC Mixed 37.4 129% 45.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 9.3 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 111% 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 $620Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $1,628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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