Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	89.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 23:02
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 222 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 767 78% 631 Pts	64-Core 971 60% 971 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 145 Parallax 131 118% 140 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11143 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2870 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 84 84 498 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1091 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 58 180389675037 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 84 84 16 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 54251182788 (F7) Unknown 100 100 598571009 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1597187060	89.5% Excellent	Read 514 Write 464 Mixed 490 109% 490 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 29 96% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 66.6 97% 181 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 113%
Corsair Force GT 240GB-$499 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 50GB free Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10058466 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -109014859893267 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3470 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1117 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 67 4390940 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10058466 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10058466 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10058466 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10964 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8264 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8264 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11426	71.4% Very good	Read 488 Write 290 Mixed 328 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 16.1 85% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 59.6 84% 155 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 145 145 17198678251 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 118 (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 100 100 225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 129 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 141735231518 (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	90.9% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 155 Mixed 164 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.15 79% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 183GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 134 3450 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 863 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3306 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 863 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 29761 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 30 (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	60.4% Good	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 103 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.18 84% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 87%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 163GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 141 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7279 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12914 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3369 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1792 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5486 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 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	49.4% Average	Read 91 Write 81 Mixed 77.5 62% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.29 75% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 113GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 194 175 5283 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9694 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25941 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8623 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2526 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9705 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 34 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.2% Average	Read 72.3 Write 67.3 Mixed 66 52% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.37 101% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GTZB F4-3200C16-8GTZ F4-3200C16-8GTZB F4-3200C16-8GTZ 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 45.3 MC Write 57.1 MC Mixed 43.4 139% 48.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 96%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

CPU
Core i7-6950XIntel $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples	56x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	52x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	10x

SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	15x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)WD $37Bench 244%, 109,999 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 122%, 173 samples	17x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 95%, 1,053 samples	14x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 92%, 6,789 samples	9x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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