Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	102% 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	402% 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.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171113
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '18 at 03:08
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$349 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 67.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 191 67% 120 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 579 54% 450 Pts	64-Core 1,309 81% 1,309 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 170 Parallax 158 105% 152 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 96% 118 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hgst GSPD3 4 Bay Base 24TB 15TB free Firmware: 0600 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 285GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,013 Write 1,445 Mixed 1,599 374% 1,686 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 56.2 217% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 478 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 219 225% 368 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 283%
Nvme INTEL SSDPED1D48 480GB 345 User benchmarks, average bench 407% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	402% Outstanding	Read 2,183 Write 1,934 Mixed 2,242 474% 2,120 MB/s	4K Read 208 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 140 593% 178 MB/s	DQ Read 401 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 184 198% 327 MB/s
Poor: 258% ↑ This bench: 402% Great: 527%
RED Media 960GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 172GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.3% Very good	Read 519 Write 467 Mixed 483 109% 490 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 13.3 67% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 48.2 62% 110 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 75%
Seagate ST12000DM0007-2GR116 12TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 6TB free Firmware: DN01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 69 28518040 (03) Spinup time 87 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 134 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 4686760 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 51 723910696 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 334 (C2) HDA temperature 40 49 98784247848 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 4 28518040 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 95563022336013 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10860941457 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2605779637
Poor: 42% Great: 93%
Sony MRW-E90 131GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 62GB free, PID 0bae Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 27% Great: 93%
Lexar Pro LRW400 -0 64GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 57GB free, PID b054 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 146 Write 77.3 Mixed 105 130% 109 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 1.86 192% 5.49 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 61%

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 (55^th percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 21.4 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 7.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 115%

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Workstation 133%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

CPU
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	45x
Core i9-9900XIntel $590Bench 84%, 3,521 samples	28x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	31x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	24x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	23x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	18x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	17x
670p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $80Bench 251%, 14,932 samples	16x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	59x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	50x
8x8GBUnknownBench 94%, 4,255 samples	31x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16