Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 144% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% 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	269% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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	121.6 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '21 at 19:42
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9980XE-$1,067 2,201 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 70.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 264 85% 157 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 965 83% 712 Pts	64-Core 2,962 183% 2,962 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 194 Parallax 183 146% 186 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 185 Splatting 128 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$234 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1105 1158 1158 1161 1166 1125 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,042 Write 2,039 Mixed 1,482 SusWrite 1,146 376% 1,677 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 57.8 226% 87.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,226 DQ Write 978 DQ Mixed 1,061 805% 1,088 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 371%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 10GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 37.7 Write 39.7 Mixed 32.4 SusWrite 40.7 52% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 111% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x16GB 2,632 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 52.2 MC Mixed 34.8 115% 40.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 9.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 99.5 40% 99.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 142%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 15: 2R 1G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
15%	10%	49	110	7	60	32"	2194 1234	BNQ8025 BenQ PD3200U

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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 $1,280Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

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) $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