Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 136% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	151% 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	432% 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	24.6 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	2.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '20 at 07:34
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,149 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 75 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 1,008 89% 757 Pts	64-Core 1,568 97% 1,568 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan RTX-$1,469 2,418 User benchmarks, average bench 168% Nvidia(10DE 12A3) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	151% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 200 Parallax 178 160% 191 fps	MRender 268 Gravity 230 Splatting 147 169% 215 fps
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 179%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 905P Optane NVMe PCIe 960GB-$1,222 566 User benchmarks, average bench 429% 659GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010435 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1871 1824 1835 1655 1658 1653 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	432% Outstanding	Read 2,052 Write 1,683 Mixed 1,855 SusWrite 1,749 413% 1,835 MB/s	4K Read 208 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 181 638% 187 MB/s	DQ Read 1,195 DQ Write 891 DQ Mixed 1,001 760% 1,029 MB/s
Poor: 273% ↑ This bench: 432% Great: 551%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 8TB 394 User benchmarks, average bench 560% 6.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 881 877 879 881 873 879 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 991 Write 876 Mixed 684 SusWrite 878 193% 857 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 53.4 175% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 398 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 280% 377 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 867%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 2,418 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 929GB free Firmware: 0412 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 112 113 114 112 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 109 Write 84.6 Mixed 64.1 SusWrite 113 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 63.8% 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 below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.1% Above average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 10.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 90.4 44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.1% 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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Total price: $1,628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $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) $32	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