Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	200% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '22 at 13:40
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,149 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% , 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 923 83% 697 Pts	64-Core 2,841 176% 2,841 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.15 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB 201 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 967 964 892 1001 946 897 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 2,217 Write 960 Mixed 845 SusWrite 944 274% 1,242 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 30.4 4K Mixed 27.6 123% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 703 DQ Write 64.3 DQ Mixed 76.3 134% 281 MB/s
Poor: 241% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 409%
Nvme Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB 246 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 414GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 747 797 836 609 491 549 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,794 Write 579 Mixed 538 SusWrite 672 197% 896 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 23.4 101% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 67.6 DQ Mixed 85.6 147% 310 MB/s
Poor: 165% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 271%
XPG GAMMIX S5 1TB 2,557 User benchmarks, average bench 206% 758GB free Firmware: V9001b31 SusWrite @10s intervals: 808 771 767 819 856 856 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 1,804 Write 562 Mixed 629 SusWrite 813 210% 952 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 26.8 4K Mixed 23.7 100% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 60 DQ Mixed 106 95% 150 MB/s
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 284%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 182 194 199 185 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 124 Mixed 70.6 SusWrite 187 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 201 202 200 197 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 144 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 198 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	MC Read 51.5 MC Write 69.4 MC Mixed 42.3 155% 54.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 10.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 115%

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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 $1,198Bench 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 $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	17x
670p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16