Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	206% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170914
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '17 at 22:21
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 74.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 263 83% 154 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 922 83% 701 Pts	64-Core 1,404 87% 1,404 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8A90) 2GB CLim: 1203 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Lighting 15.7 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 20 13% 21.9 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 14.3 Splatting 32.6 21% 25.2 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 205GB free Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7859 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1579 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 161 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2544 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 49 219043790879 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 31777535625 (F7) Unknown 100 100 993319247 (F8) Unknown 100 100 411288665	89.5% Excellent	Read 510 Write 384 Mixed 414 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 26.9 110% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 64.4 106% 205 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 113%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,701 Write 1,075 Mixed 1,154 290% 1,310 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 36.6 169% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 589 DQ Write 381 DQ Mixed 186 219% 385 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 120GB 621 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 82GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3308 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 684 (B1) Unknown 98 98 39 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 31 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7643457164	78.5% Very good	Read 373 Write 323 Mixed 322 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 30.3 116% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 112 104% 162 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free Firmware: AR17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 114211056 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1227 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 4318515861 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5551 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1211 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 43 559034531881 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 9256 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15501 (C2) HDA temperature 41 57 21474836521 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 116 99 114211056 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 23377506996402 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24677657191 (F2) Unknown 100 253 161031465345
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
MB6000GEQUT 6TB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: HPG5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 100 112 (03) Spinup time 142 100 38684918222 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 100 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3314 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (B4) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 206 133 223338889245 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0	77.8% Very good	Read 140 Write 131 Mixed 119 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.44 105% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 105%
Toshiba MD04ACA300 3TB-$40 151 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6847 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 731 (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 91 91 3629 (0A) Spinup retry count 114 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 728 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4234 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 193273921562 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 94 94 2612 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 632 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	91.5% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 174 Mixed 163 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 3.25 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.29 207% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 101%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 987GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97640842 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6180 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 50 50 609898954764 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31900 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4843 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164165 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 46 621805605 (C2) HDA temperature 37 54 25769803813 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 31 97640842 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -85572928362896 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1626368190 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1083956486	54.2% Above average	Read 98 Write 90.7 Mixed 71.1 65% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.44 93% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 61%
Toshiba MD04ACA300 3TB-$40 151 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 664GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2081 (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 75 75 10243 (0A) Spinup retry count 141 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2067 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 12474 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 257698431015 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 88 88 4889 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 297 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	71.2% Very good	Read 126 Write 122 Mixed 114 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.31 125% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.2% Above average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 14.4 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 9.8 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 91.7 44% 91.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 97%

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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 $413Bench 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 $400Bench 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 $158Bench 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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Total price: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16