Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160713
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '17 at 20:53
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 737 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 904 56% 904 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3711) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 150 Parallax 141 120% 146 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 141 Splatting 113 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Triactor 480GB-$150 1,840 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th 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 1156 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 623 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 131 (A3) Unknown 100 100 33 (A4) Unknown 100 100 35132 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 44 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 524907 (F2) Unknown 100 100 413611 (F5) Unknown 100 100 281056	70.3% Very good	Read 487 Write 265 Mixed 263 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 14.7 86% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 13.9 65% 149 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 99%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 230 100 7500 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1192 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5077 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 613 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 1127 (C2) HDA temperature 105 101 47 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0
Poor: 61% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 40508064 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5533 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 12896296857 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1453 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 9 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 13422821408 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 57135 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 -140737488355296 (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 -9822590200108 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14386424951 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12554985815	98.4% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 178 Mixed 156 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 441GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 70 (03) Spinup time 174 163 6283 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9592 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23338 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2251 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 199 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 42 42 474062 (C2) HDA temperature 114 82 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 59	39% Below average	Read 76.9 Write 58.7 Mixed 79.6 54% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 251GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 165 137 8741 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9591 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2101 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 130628 (C2) HDA temperature 119 85 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.1% Average	Read 85.1 Write 78.6 Mixed 82.2 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 4x8GB 1,215 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB 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	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 34 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18.6 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 137%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	138x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	78x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	26x

SSD
990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $120Bench 421%, 18,218 samples	13x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	9x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	14x
9965600-033.A00G 4x16GBUnknownBench 99%, 23 samples	9x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	7x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $623

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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