Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 147% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	158% 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	159% 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.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	50.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171228
Uptime	20 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '21 at 15:11
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7920X-$250 5,430 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 67.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 244 78% 145 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 927 84% 705 Pts	64-Core 1,975 122% 1,975 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6391) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Lighting 252 Reflection 170 Parallax 192 205% 205 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 165 Splatting 113 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2018)-$74 6,712 User benchmarks, average bench 262% 618GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 303 321 315 331 289 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,867 Write 1,248 Mixed 1,532 SusWrite 333 277% 1,245 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 30.3 138% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 944 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 169 209% 396 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 335%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 229GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 39 42 38 43 39 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 149GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 213 232 220 228 208 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 483 Write 414 Mixed 385 SusWrite 225 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 37.3 131% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 55.6 DQ Mixed 104 106% 180 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 126%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 136 126 138 142 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 91.5 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 136 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 108%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 166 184 171 184 169 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 105 Write 117 Mixed 32 SusWrite 175 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x8GB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 53.6 MC Mixed 36 120% 42.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 9.6 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 103% 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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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) $30	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