Gigabyte GA-X99M-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99M-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 20:14
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 241 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 601 66% 522 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1642 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 120 Parallax 118 89% 116 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 94.3 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8163 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5223 (B1) Unknown 96 96 72 (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 63 51 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 847 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36504936841
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 458GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 167 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3397 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3324 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1309 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2087 (C2) HDA temperature 110 97 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.1% Excellent	Read 141 Write 145 Mixed 142 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.27 99% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 262GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 69 9051 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7848 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11857 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8839 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 59 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 52 206159151141 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 83 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 4 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9893	68.5% Good	Read 106 Write 133 Mixed 104 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.46 104% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 75%
Samsung Flash Drive 32GB 12,134 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 13GB free, PID 1000, MUF-32BA/AM Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 140 Write 82.6 Mixed 77.4 116% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.07 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 1.12 108% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$234 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 38.1 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 21.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 117%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 75%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99M-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	100x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	39x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	19x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	16x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	14x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	11x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair $98Bench 85%, 8,498 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GBCorsair $74Bench 76%, 29,684 samples	7x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $753

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 $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