Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	244% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '17 at 20:19
Run Duration	340 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 87.1 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 98% 182 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 1,240 108% 920 Pts	64-Core 1,726 107% 1,726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2328 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.28 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 1,947 Write 1,326 Mixed 1,272 335% 1,515 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 39.6 171% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 799 DQ Write 704 DQ Mixed 223 312% 576 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 254%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 293GB free Firmware: Z320 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1644 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1935 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1499068563950 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1146 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 41 253403070514 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 704378503332 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1985 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8266 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4212 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1980 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	62.3% Good	Read 490 Write 285 Mixed 229 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 0.04 74% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 0.04 37% 83.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 222478475 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 310 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 11608700 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -3268470111859 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 56 690356264 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3513 (C2) HDA temperature 40 44 94489280552 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -102705552949037 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3329412830 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2162860881	103% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 178 Mixed 169 133% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.29 103% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%
Hitachi HDS5C3020BLE630 2TB 4,090 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 313GB free Firmware: MZ4O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 88 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21492531470 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1814 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1082 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1814 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1814 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 176094969891 (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	48.9% Average	Read 87.1 Write 82.9 Mixed 79.2 62% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 84%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 381GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 174 6016 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7936 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 10973 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3631 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 871 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 41782 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 32 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.1% Average	Read 77.7 Write 72 Mixed 72.5 56% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.29 111% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 83%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 203GB free Firmware: GM4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 138 (03) Spinup time 118 118 25791037764 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 258 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 336 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 336 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 188979740713 (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	44.6% Average	Read 76.4 Write 78.7 Mixed 78.8 59% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.43 106% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 51%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 302GB free Firmware: 1AQ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 68 43 9850 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7949 (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 21640 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 131 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6622 (B5) Unknown 100 100 8050118 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4569 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 54 197569544229 (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 68 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 131 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8807	75.7% Very good	Read 120 Write 144 Mixed 128 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.38 110% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 72%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 46GB free Firmware: GM4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 138 (03) Spinup time 122 122 25790382396 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 546 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19659 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 225 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 610 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 610 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 206159740970 (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	38.3% Below average	Read 53.9 Write 79.2 Mixed 80.2 54% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.38 99% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 51%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 49GB free, PID 1000 Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 139 Write 25.3 Mixed 22.1 56% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.46 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 1.24 102% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 111%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 55.7 MC Mixed 28.7 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 11.8 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 97.8% 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 $420Bench 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 $1,148Bench 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 $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