Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 158% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 153% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	170% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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 Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	43.5 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '22 at 03:03
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 119 2-Core 247 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 893 82% 689 Pts	64-Core 1,249 77% 1,249 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,148 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Asus(1043 87D9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 5012 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	170% Outstanding	Lighting 206 Reflection 322 Parallax 278 168% 269 fps	MRender 375 Gravity 286 Splatting 202 226% 287 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1140 1515 1824 1357 756 762 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,059 Write 1,795 Mixed 913 SusWrite 1,226 335% 1,498 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 56.1 195% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 761 DQ Write 523 DQ Mixed 651 484% 645 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 353%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB (2019)-$300 4,259 User benchmarks, average bench 263% 332GB free Firmware: 102430WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1974 1840 1336 1337 796 631 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 1,888 Write 1,859 Mixed 1,637 SusWrite 1,319 377% 1,676 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 53.4 200% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 813 DQ Write 620 DQ Mixed 698 527% 710 MB/s
Poor: 183% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 320%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 155 153 153 153 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 144 Write 138 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 153 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.8 242% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 121%
WD WD1600AAKS-61L9A0 160GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 33GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 67 66 68 66 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 86.1 Write 86.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 65.8 55% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 6x8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 6 of 8 slots used 48GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	MC Read 55.2 MC Write 50 MC Mixed 43.8 142% 49.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 24.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 127%

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Gaming 94%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 96%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

CPU
Core i7-6950XIntel $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples	56x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	52x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	10x

SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	15x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)WD $37Bench 244%, 109,999 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 122%, 173 samples	17x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 95%, 1,053 samples	14x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 92%, 6,789 samples	9x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $968

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 $45	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

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