Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	267% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 10:18
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 90.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 261 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 815 83% 669 Pts	64-Core 1,022 63% 1,022 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6687) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 148 Parallax 142 123% 147 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,732 Write 1,394 Mixed 1,546 416% 1,890 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 45.3 183% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 496 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 141 173% 311 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 122GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 91 24379453 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4739 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 260080653 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3578 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 249 (BC) Unknown 100 98 339307594922 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 505282590 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 60129542174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 27 24379453 (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 -12562779319734 (F1) Unknown 100 253 675124385 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3153651314	53.1% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 91.7 Mixed 93.1 70% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.63 132% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9905678-023.A00G 1x8GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	37.7% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 10.4 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 11.1 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 50%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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