Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 163% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	148% 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	146% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	119.8 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191002
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '21 at 21:04
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10980XE-$1,100 4,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 62.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 82% 155 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 1,001 89% 755 Pts	64-Core 2,980 184% 2,980 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 96%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	148% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 296 Parallax 197 154% 227 fps	MRender 272 Gravity 208 Splatting 174 173% 218 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 174%
Nvidia NVS 810 176 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Nvidia(10DE 1163) 2GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	8.87% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 13.1 Parallax 11.3 9% 11.8 fps	MRender 4.6 Gravity 16.4 Splatting 10.9 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.87% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 510 SSD ZP500GM30001 500GB 1,509 User benchmarks, average bench 218% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: STOSC014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 501 496 493 480 493 486 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 744 Write 1,115 Mixed 438 SusWrite 492 157% 697 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 40.6 181% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 958 DQ Write 491 DQ Mixed 668 511% 705 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 173 169 174 174 173 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 65.7 Write 98 Mixed 78.4 SusWrite 173 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.9 277% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 87%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 37 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 36 Write 35.5 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 36.7 46% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 118% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x16GB 2,632 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 52.1 MC Mixed 36.5 120% 41.9 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 8.1 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 142%

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

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 133%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

CPU
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	45x
Core i9-9900XIntel $590Bench 84%, 3,521 samples	28x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	31x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	24x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	23x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	18x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	17x
670p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $80Bench 251%, 14,932 samples	16x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	59x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	50x
8x8GBUnknownBench 94%, 4,255 samples	31x

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Total price: $1,628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16