Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	291% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	58 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '19 at 09:44
Run Duration	435 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 74.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 87% 162 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 1,085 96% 815 Pts	64-Core 1,526 94% 1,526 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 201 Parallax 179 148% 187 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 182 Splatting 125 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 251GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1423 1396 1415 1424 1415 1389 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,133 Write 1,391 Mixed 874 SusWrite 1,410 324% 1,452 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 68.9 270% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,268 DQ Write 398 DQ Mixed 442 428% 703 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 311GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 192 193 194 194 194 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 377 Write 364 Mixed 343 SusWrite 193 72% 319 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 55.7 182% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 242 183% 246 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 170GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1553 1277 1272 1272 1269 1277 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	359% Outstanding	Read 2,562 Write 2,352 Mixed 1,636 SusWrite 1,320 440% 1,968 MB/s	4K Read 71.7 4K Write 228 4K Mixed 106 365% 135 MB/s	DQ Read 1,455 DQ Write 1346 DQ Mixed 1,380 1,041% 1,394 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 359% Great: 372%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 557GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2367 2149 1129 1133 1134 1133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	369% Outstanding	Read 2,558 Write 2,353 Mixed 1,620 SusWrite 1,508 450% 2,010 MB/s	4K Read 71.3 4K Write 228 4K Mixed 105 363% 135 MB/s	DQ Read 1,446 DQ Write 1,325 DQ Mixed 1,373 1,034% 1,382 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 369% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 176GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 192 193 194 194 194 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 377 Write 366 Mixed 340 SusWrite 193 72% 319 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 55.7 182% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 243 183% 247 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 647GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 438 309 297 299 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 488 Mixed 354 SusWrite 355 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 53.9 195% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 244 206% 302 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 108%
Qnap iSCSI Storage 5.5TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5TB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 414 422 425 413 425 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 43% Great: 81%
WD WD-AV SCSA 25B8 1TB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 151GB free, PID 25b8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 68 69 69 68 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 97.4 Write 98.6 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 68.6 104% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 47%
Drobo 5D 70.5TB 345 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 52.5TB free, PID 3444 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 279 278 283 285 284 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 222 Write 271 Mixed 200 SusWrite 282 340% 244 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 2.2 314% 4.77 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x16GB 9,153 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 52.9 MC Mixed 28.4 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 8.8 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 91.5 44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 140%

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Desktop 91%

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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	26x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	31x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	24x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 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 $158Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $1,628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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