Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	153% 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	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.

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System	Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming 3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 3-CF (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	20.4 Days
Run Date	May 13 '24 at 07:22
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$206 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 69.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 244 76% 142 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 756 70% 585 Pts	64-Core 998 62% 998 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.61 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 138 Parallax 129 102% 130 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 117 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 512GB 29,096 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB421D65 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 867 871 869 347 353 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 1,671 Write 796 Mixed 791 SusWrite 577 212% 959 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 26.7 97% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 830 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 215 223% 387 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 291%
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 29,078 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 221GB free Firmware: VB421D65 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 873 866 825 473 471 406 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 1,726 Write 721 Mixed 636 SusWrite 652 206% 934 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 25.3 100% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 877 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 144 189% 365 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 310%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 97GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 122 122 123 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 104 Write 108 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 122 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 499GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 150 152 154 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 151 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 151 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 109%
WD Game Drive 4TB 3,751 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID 262f Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 84 83 82 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 79.6 Write 79.5 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 83.5 101% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.7 166% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 32GB 5,781 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2666, 2133, 2666, 2133, 2666, 2133, 2666, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 48.5 MC Mixed 25.5 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 10.3 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	57	60	24"	1280 720	BNQ7F2D BenQ XL2420Z

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $206Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	108x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	69x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	66x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	40x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	23x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)WD $35Bench 244%, 109,999 samples	23x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	75x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	47x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	32x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $830

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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