Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	239% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	58.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170626
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 23:50
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 77 1-Core 150 2-Core 295 93% 174 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 993 94% 777 Pts	64-Core 1575 98% 1575 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 3988) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Lighting 88.1 Reflection 88.5 Parallax 76.6 72% 84.4 fps	MRender 81.5 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 68.7 62% 76.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,917 Write 1,815 Mixed 1,651 400% 1,794 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 30 162% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 41 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 28.4 38% 65.2 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 353%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 127GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10490 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1379 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 85 85 475 (AE) Unknown 99 99 291 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 859 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 18 30 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 121688 (F1) Unknown 99 99 79663 (F2) Unknown 99 99 58344	212% Outstanding	Read 1,897 Write 1,198 Mixed 1,388 331% 1,494 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 40.2 178% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 133 118% 181 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 220%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 140595312 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12191 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 123915900 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13255 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 83 83 17459 (B7) Unknown 91 91 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 124557328964 (BD) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 538247196 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 10782 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 62493 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 12884901916 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 178 560 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -132731669307050 (F1) Unknown 100 253 165431586587 (F2) Unknown 100 253 195300210104	111% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 194 Mixed 172 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 151 151 29360550 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 874 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5135 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 711 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2224 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 214749216799 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	89.4% Excellent	Read 168 Write 144 Mixed 152 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 8x8GB 552 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	90% Outstanding	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 49.6 MC Mixed 29.1 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 10.4 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 86.3 46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 121%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 110%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $400Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	72x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	68x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	56x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	36x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	31x

SSD
MZVLB512HAJQ-000H1 512GBSamsungBench 209%, 20,750 samples	38x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	14x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	10x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	93x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	41x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	28x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $885

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16