Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	113% 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	405% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 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 X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '20 at 07:39
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,149 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 68.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 217 72% 131 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 799 72% 605 Pts	64-Core 2,552 158% 2,552 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan RTX-$1,425 2,418 User benchmarks, average bench 168% Nvidia(10DE 12A3) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 169 Parallax 213 101% 169 fps	MRender 232 Gravity 198 Splatting 129 146% 186 fps
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 179%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 905P Optane NVMe PCIe 960GB-$1,222 566 User benchmarks, average bench 429% 707GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010435 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1839 1868 1858 1817 1779 1779 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	405% Outstanding	Read 1,916 Write 1,690 Mixed 1,794 SusWrite 1,823 407% 1,806 MB/s	4K Read 185 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 160 568% 167 MB/s	DQ Read 1,054 DQ Write 820 DQ Mixed 908 687% 927 MB/s
Poor: 273% ↑ This bench: 405% Great: 551%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 8TB 394 User benchmarks, average bench 560% 6.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 842 851 849 842 843 841 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 983 Write 786 Mixed 654 SusWrite 845 183% 817 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 41.6 139% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 337 255% 341 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 867%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 2,418 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 929GB free Firmware: 0412 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 113 113 114 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 117 Write 53 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 112 64% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 15.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 9.1 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 164%

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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 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	31x
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 $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	18x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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