Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	270% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 06:07
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 72.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 253 83% 153 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 895 83% 691 Pts	64-Core 1,394 86% 1,394 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 158 Parallax 186 116% 162 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 146 Splatting 117 102% 125 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 479GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,515 Write 545 Mixed 797 208% 952 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 44.2 176% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 601 DQ Write 481 DQ Mixed 206 246% 429 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 246%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 1,876 Write 1,803 Mixed 1,579 391% 1,753 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 39.9 203% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 573 DQ Write 555 DQ Mixed 155 229% 428 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 353%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 218GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10211 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1947 (B1) Unknown 85 85 174 (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 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 1 234 (F1) Unknown 99 99 56238264865	76.3% Very good	Read 502 Write 249 Mixed 242 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 12.9 101% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 29.9 88% 194 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 134 134 21492990242 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2099 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10174 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1736 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2190 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2190 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 206159609894 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	97.1% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 183 Mixed 167 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.19 71% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 108%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 104 (03) Spinup time 118 118 51579650662 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 544 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 31982 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 440 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 560 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 560 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 249109479466 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	65.1% Good	Read 117 Write 110 Mixed 114 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.36 88% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 68%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 937GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 146 144 9675 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5186 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11213 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2321 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 94728 (C2) HDA temperature 109 96 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 823121 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 5	56.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 91 Mixed 92 72% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.32 91% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 55%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 690GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 198 10228 (03) Spinup time 173 168 4316 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6803 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 16841 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3506 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 829 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5973 (C2) HDA temperature 107 96 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 16	75.7% Very good	Read 150 Write 114 Mixed 115 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.39 104% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 74%
LaCie d2 Quadra v3C 2TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 657GB free, PID 105e Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 134 Write 150 Mixed 98.3 163% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.29 47% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 23.1 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 9.3 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 95.4 42% 95.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 115%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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