Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.7% 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	246% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	57.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191002
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '20 at 19:49
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900X 6,322 User benchmarks, average bench 85% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 72.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 268 86% 160 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 961 88% 739 Pts	64-Core 1,752 108% 1,752 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.7% Very good	Lighting 92.8 Reflection 110 Parallax 95.1 76% 99.5 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 98.7 79% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 842GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 831 1034 1140 1227 1181 1193 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,611 Write 1,244 Mixed 653 SusWrite 1101 257% 1,152 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 65.5 215% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1160 DQ Write 956 DQ Mixed 965 748% 1,027 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 302%
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK2T0TBN 2TB 5,114 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 267GB free Firmware: M0MU033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 166 175 186 178 182 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 293 Write 283 Mixed 250 SusWrite 173 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 30.2 106% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 228 172% 232 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 162 170 184 176 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 151 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 168 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 168 169 172 172 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 130 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 169 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 113%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 917GB free Firmware: 77.04D77 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 94 96 96 97 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.2 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 96.2 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 181 181 186 188 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 172 Mixed 105 SusWrite 183 123% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x16GB 9,153 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.4% Above average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 15.1 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 10.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 96.3 42% 96.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 140%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16