Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.2% 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	252% 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	55.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '21 at 01:52
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9820X-$550 2,515 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 70.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 82% 151 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 979 88% 743 Pts	64-Core 1,644 102% 1,644 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 107 Parallax 120 92% 113 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 92 87% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$96 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 495GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1427 1414 1393 1383 1346 1293 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,138 Write 1,442 Mixed 1,384 SusWrite 1,376 354% 1,585 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 49.8 176% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,146 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 198 254% 487 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 410%
Samsung 860 PRO 256GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 249GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 416 402 397 391 325 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 482 Write 382 Mixed 411 SusWrite 390 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 32.1 112% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 173 146% 221 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 121%
Samsung 860 EVO 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 200GB free Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 415 401 396 391 380 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 486 Write 396 Mixed 400 SusWrite 398 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 29.5 108% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 94 DQ Mixed 183 149% 221 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 133%
Seagate BUP Fast HDD 4TB 317 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9408 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 185 184 181 177 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 133 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 179 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 1.2 293% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 118%

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 @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 51.2 MC Mixed 33.6 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 9.9 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 99.7 40% 99.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 140%

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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 $835Bench 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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16