Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 143% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	197% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '22 at 16:25
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,286 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% , 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 81.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 919 82% 695 Pts	64-Core 2,838 176% 2,838 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 194 Parallax 184 143% 184 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 181 Splatting 127 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB 201 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 800 743 798 842 730 867 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 2,314 Write 753 Mixed 724 SusWrite 797 252% 1,147 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 28.6 4K Mixed 29.4 131% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 681 DQ Write 60.9 DQ Mixed 91.6 138% 278 MB/s
Poor: 241% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 409%
Nvme Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB 246 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 415GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 892 976 785 516 531 548 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,807 Write 635 Mixed 607 SusWrite 708 207% 939 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 26.5 4K Mixed 24.2 105% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 757 DQ Write 61.6 DQ Mixed 81.8 142% 300 MB/s
Poor: 165% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 271%
XPG GAMMIX S5 1TB 2,557 User benchmarks, average bench 206% 758GB free Firmware: V9001b31 SusWrite @10s intervals: 861 838 863 898 894 856 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 1,870 Write 548 Mixed 598 SusWrite 868 214% 971 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 27 4K Mixed 20.9 95% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 61 DQ Mixed 93.9 87% 140 MB/s
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 284%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 184 193 202 185 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 130 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 186 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 199 201 200 198 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 124 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 197 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	MC Read 49.7 MC Write 68.1 MC Mixed 41.2 151% 53 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 10.8 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 115%

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Gaming 105%

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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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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