Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 137% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 173% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	152% 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	263% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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	121 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '20 at 16:41
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10980XE-$1,100 4,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 78.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 273 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 1,006 92% 770 Pts	64-Core 2,839 176% 2,839 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$389 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37C5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Lighting 236 Reflection 158 Parallax 176 192% 190 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 141 Splatting 104 111% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 545GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1566 1481 1438 1293 1206 1333 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,042 Write 1,689 Mixed 1,436 SusWrite 1386 367% 1,638 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 63.8 226% 81.9 MB/s	DQ Read 701 DQ Write 507 DQ Mixed 597 448% 602 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 435%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB (2019)-$300 4,259 User benchmarks, average bench 263% 180GB free Firmware: 102430WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1934 1826 1309 1314 1308 1315 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,690 Write 1895 Mixed 1,459 SusWrite 1501 369% 1,636 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 47.9 194% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 694 DQ Write 514 DQ Mixed 622 460% 610 MB/s
Poor: 183% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 320%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 473GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 341 340 338 337 338 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 331 Write 318 Mixed 305 SusWrite 339 73% 323 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 46.8 157% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 239 180% 240 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 133%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 70TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 27.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 31 30 31 31 27 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	194% Outstanding	Read 645 Write 29.3 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 29.9 137% 190 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.9 518% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 194%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x16GB 2,632 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 62.1 MC Mixed 42.4 138% 48.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 9.3 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 142%

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

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 $70Bench 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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Total price: $1,628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16