Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	117% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 07:49
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 673 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 876 54% 876 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 935 Write 805 Mixed 912 197% 884 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 14.8 79% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 13.7 53% 109 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90005120 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2431 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 481004397 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 23679 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1830 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 1778143592916 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 74 44 94960615450 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 343 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2497 (C2) HDA temperature 26 56 25769803802 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 6 90005120 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 14757507651746 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3683887152 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2354325617	38.7% Below average	Read 70.5 Write 64.6 Mixed 62.2 49% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.15 38% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 75%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 4TB 2,430 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 705GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 262 Write 328 Mixed 236 206% 276 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.33 110% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 134%
JMicron 500GB 545 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 421GB free Firmware: 9122 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 119 Write 114 Mixed 114 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.67 117% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 67%
JMicron 128GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 60GB free Firmware: 9122 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 18% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.5% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21.6 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 114%

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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	138x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	78x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	26x

SSD
990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $121Bench 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: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $624

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 $178	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