Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	307% 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.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '20 at 18:00
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$508 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 866 80% 667 Pts	64-Core 1,461 90% 1,461 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 21C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.08 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75% Very good	Lighting 93.7 Reflection 84.7 Parallax 79.9 76% 86.1 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 77.7 Splatting 75.1 72% 91.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 845GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2117 2205 2077 2202 2242 946 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 2,488 Write 2254 Mixed 444 SusWrite 1965 399% 1,788 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 58.6 168% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 876 DQ Write 682 DQ Mixed 545 471% 701 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 372%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 127GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 102 104 102 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 102 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 2.1 382% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 359GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 68 78 68 79 80 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 75.4 70% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 95GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 63 63 65 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 51.4 Write 68.2 Mixed 42.4 SusWrite 63.9 42% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-2400 8x4GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	MC Read 57 MC Write 58.9 MC Mixed 47.4 156% 54.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 20.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

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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	148x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	49x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	24x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	23x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	19x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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