Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '19 at 17:25
Run Duration	353 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 189 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 585 58% 475 Pts	64-Core 923 57% 923 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 57.8 Parallax 122 66% 87 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 75.3 63% 76.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 133 120 92 114 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 1247 Write 228 Mixed 288 SusWrite 130 102% 473 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 36.8 140% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 499 DQ Write 90.8 DQ Mixed 165 154% 252 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 363%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 160GB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 25GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 23 118 49 1.6 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 515 Write 130 Mixed 47.3 SusWrite 74.2 41% 192 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 15.3 4K Mixed 10.8 28% 10 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 27.2 55% 114 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 84%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 6,967 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 232GB free Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1177 786 676 637 599 568 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,592 Write 1,469 Mixed 882 SusWrite 741 262% 1,171 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 55.3 183% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 474 DQ Write 386 DQ Mixed 437 325% 432 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 294%
Adata XPG SX900 512GB-$189 1,547 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 53GB free Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 184 180 183 184 143 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 429 Write 159 Mixed 236 SusWrite 176 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 19 4K Mixed 20.2 72% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 138 108% 154 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 69%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 300GB free Firmware: X212T0RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 436 441 446 447 447 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 426 Mixed 272 SusWrite 442 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 29.1 104% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 146 159% 265 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 114%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 101GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 56 56 55 55 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 310 Write 105 Mixed 126 SusWrite 62.9 33% 151 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 25.5 90% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 86 DQ Mixed 61.4 81% 152 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 89%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 638GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 79 80 81 82 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 77.8 Write 97.4 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 75.9 53% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 86% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 112%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 214GB free Firmware: MKAOA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 82 80 80 86 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 71.8 Write 65.5 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 80.5 48% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 155GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 65 65 64 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 50 Write 56.5 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 63.5 42% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 67%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 778GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 162 169 167 163 170 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 175 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 167 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 1.4 363% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 136%
General UDisk 32GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 30GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 13 Mixed 4.2 8% 8.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Mixed 0 34% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 2,702 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 46.2 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 41.1 124% 43.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 20.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	148x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	49x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	24x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	23x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	9x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	8x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	9x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 2,702 samples	8x
Team-Elite-2400 8x4GBTeamBench 121%, 40 samples	7x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $745

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