Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	116% 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	208% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	41.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160829
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '21 at 08:09
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 210 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 659 63% 522 Pts	64-Core 1,078 67% 1,078 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 174 Parallax 162 126% 163 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 162 Splatting 115 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 5GB free Firmware: MU03 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 398 Write 132 Mixed 194 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 27.4 101% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 61.5 80% 148 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 77%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 923 884 860 862 842 834 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,942 Write 1,099 Mixed 726 SusWrite 868 257% 1,159 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 46.7 154% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 838 DQ Write 456 DQ Mixed 642 479% 646 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 529GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 143 132 132 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 137 Write 117 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 135 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 105%
WD %s,t FILEIO 6TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 938GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 26 24 23 24 25 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.1% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 22.5 Mixed 34.8 SusWrite 23.7 22% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 5.3 865% 4.7 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 44.2 MC Write 50 MC Mixed 43.4 131% 45.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 19.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 122%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	139x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	78x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	27x

SSD
990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $110Bench 421%, 18,218 samples	13x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	9x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	14x
9965600-033.A00G 4x16GBUnknownBench 99%, 23 samples	9x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	7x

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Value: 125% - Outstanding

Total price: $408

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16