Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	91.5% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 11 months ago.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160713
Uptime	22.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '23 at 06:48
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 637 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 862 53% 862 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2580 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 143 Parallax 136 102% 135 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 142 Splatting 125 106% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 390 336 344 355 303 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 639 Write 390 Mixed 415 SusWrite 356 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 23.1 78% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 671 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 225 225% 375 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 243%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB 8,393 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 342GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 321 340 363 435 439 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 322 Write 301 Mixed 255 SusWrite 367 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 27.1 89% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 342 250% 328 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 134%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 189 197 202 212 213 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 110 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 200 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 179 183 186 197 197 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 102 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 186 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBR 4x8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 51.9 MC Mixed 41.6 127% 44.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 20.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 118%

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $35Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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