Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	341% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160530
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '21 at 23:31
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 216 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 610 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 836 52% 836 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4073) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 120 Parallax 122 115% 128 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 107 Splatting 92 91% 114 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 32 34 33 35 32 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	341% Outstanding	Read 3,389 Write 35.8 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 32.9 183% 880 MB/s	4K Read 504 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 3.1 769% 170 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 341% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 46GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 78 81 77 78 80 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.1% Good	Read 276 Write 132 Mixed 253 SusWrite 80.5 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 36.2 122% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 141 139% 228 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 116%
WDC WD40EFAX-68JH4N0 4TB 2,601 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 182 182 182 180 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 194 Write 178 Mixed 101 SusWrite 181 37% 164 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 1.1 66% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1.4 DQ Write 10.9 DQ Mixed 0.8 2% 4.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 38%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 611GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 155 155 140 152 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 164 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 152 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.8% Good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18.3 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 113%

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Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	149x
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	20x

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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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 $40	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