Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	187% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	59.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '17 at 10:20
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 792 76% 626 Pts	64-Core 1175 73% 1175 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 117 Parallax 105 91% 111 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 100 Splatting 90 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,799 Write 1,371 Mixed 1,448 342% 1,539 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 27.2 96% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 59.6 DQ Mixed 127 73% 71.3 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 353%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$81 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 177 5933 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 877 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 351 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 753 (C2) HDA temperature 122 119 28 (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	82.6% Excellent	Read 143 Write 145 Mixed 138 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.26 105% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 85%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$81 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 180 5808 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 889 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 351 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 765 (C2) HDA temperature 122 118 28 (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	80.1% Excellent	Read 139 Write 140 Mixed 136 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.18 91% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GB 3,127 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 47.2 MC Write 49.4 MC Mixed 42.3 132% 46.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 20.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 130%

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Gaming 88%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 79%

Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	138x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	78x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	26x

SSD
990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $121Bench 421%, 18,218 samples	13x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	9x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	14x
9965600-033.A00G 4x16GBUnknownBench 99%, 23 samples	9x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	7x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $624

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 $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 $45	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