Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	191% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170914
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '18 at 14:05
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 76 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 83% 153 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 830 82% 672 Pts	64-Core 1,082 67% 1,082 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2777 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.9% Above average	Lighting 64.1 Reflection 54 Parallax 43.7 52% 53.9 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 47.1 Splatting 61.3 48% 58.7 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 50.9% 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% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 811 554 547 546 537 542 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,516 Write 1,538 Mixed 566 SusWrite 589 235% 1,052 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 47.2 182% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 989 DQ Write 784 DQ Mixed 757 602% 843 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 962GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 149 144 143 142 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 451 Write 232 Mixed 263 SusWrite 154 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 37.9 135% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 357 257% 334 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 963GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 123 123 125 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 158 Write 114 Mixed 104 SusWrite 124 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 85%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 88 90 90 90 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 67 Write 79.7 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 89.9 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 120GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 77 78 78 78 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	52% Above average	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 77.7 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 70%
Samsung S2 Portable 1TB 1,558 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 801GB free, PID 1f0a SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.8 0.7 0.3 1 0.8 0.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	5.82% Terrible	Read 34.7 Write 2.5 Mixed 3 SusWrite 0.7 8% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 11% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 5.82% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80% Very good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 48.4 MC Mixed 24.2 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 9.6 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 98%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 101%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 7

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	124x
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	88x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	97x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	30x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	15x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	13x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 241%, 38,097 samples	12x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	103x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	56x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	34x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $903

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