Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% 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	161% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming 3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170604
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 19:26
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 84.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 280 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 1,113 100% 843 Pts	64-Core 1560 96% 1560 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 204 Parallax 177 136% 183 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 167 Splatting 128 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 219GB free Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 17 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (A5) Unknown 100 100 65536 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 69 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 65 150323855395 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.5% Very good	Read 498 Write 444 Mixed 482 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 6.79 68% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 7.49 62% 141 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 86%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1,724 Write 855 Mixed 1,063 267% 1,214 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 18.9 98% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 38.6 DQ Write 455 DQ Mixed 16.7 81% 170 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 236%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 745GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 18 (C2) HDA temperature 110 109 33 (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	88.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 156 Mixed 150 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.36 134% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.3% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 17.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 10.3 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 108%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	103x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	68x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	66x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	48x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	40x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	23x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)WD $37Bench 244%, 109,999 samples	23x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	73x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	47x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	31x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $840

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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