Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 116% 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 78.2%, 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	98.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	15.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211206
Uptime	12.3 Days
Run Date	May 26 '22 at 15:39
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	21%

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 i9-7940X-$654 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% , 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 71.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 859 78% 657 Pts	64-Core 1,978 122% 1,978 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	130% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 176 Parallax 178 143% 176 fps	MRender 197 Gravity 154 Splatting 125 126% 159 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 2TB 2,668 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 371 369 373 370 349 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 426 Mixed 410 SusWrite 368 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 45.7 148% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 177 147% 217 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 133%
WDC WUH721818ALE6L4 18TB 372 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 9.5TB free Firmware: PCGNW232 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 123 123 129 132 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	Read 176 Write 123 Mixed 133 SusWrite 125 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 14.5 4K Mixed 0 42% 12.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1 DQ Write 5 DQ Mixed 4.8 3% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 38%
WDC WUH721818ALE6L4 18TB 372 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 9TB free Firmware: PCGNW232 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 138 138 139 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 164 Write 102 Mixed 152 SusWrite 133 31% 138 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 13.6 4K Mixed 0.4 41% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 1.1 DQ Write 5.2 DQ Mixed 5.5 4% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 38%
Crucial BX500 960GB-$54 11,103 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 723GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 6.5 6.3 7 68 349 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 488 Write 419 Mixed 12.2 SusWrite 73.8 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.4 36% 9.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 91%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 7TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 213 220 221 223 221 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 7TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 221 225 228 228 227 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 132 133 133 133 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 125 Write 113 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 132 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 87%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 136 138 138 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 141 Write 132 Mixed 88 SusWrite 136 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%
WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 3.5TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 146 148 148 149 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 143 Write 147 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 148 174% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 126% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 4x8GB 3,576 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	45.5% Average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 13.8 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 9.6 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 98.1 41% 98.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 99%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 110%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 - $500

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	67x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	58x
Core i9-7920XIntel $250Bench 82%, 5,430 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	63x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	32x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	18x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	21x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	10x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	60x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	27x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	23x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,586

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