Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '17 at 05:19
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 844 73% 626 Pts	64-Core 1394 86% 1394 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 89% 108 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 81.6 74% 91.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 1TB 1,702 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 315 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (AA) Unknown 99 99 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 37 47 98787328037 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 422591 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 422591 (F2) Unknown 100 100 119353 (F9) Unknown 100 100 4005 (FC) Unknown 100 100 5	83.7% Excellent	Read 508 Write 451 Mixed 464 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 33.6 106% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 84.9 DQ Mixed 19.6 25% 43.2 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 901GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 157 6841 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3694 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29780 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 339 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 271 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 61280 (C2) HDA temperature 123 100 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	56.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 91.1 Mixed 97.3 74% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.13 62% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 67%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 254GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 191 185 29265 (03) Spinup time 182 176 7866 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 662 (05) Reallocated sector count 184 184 498 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19439 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23885 (C2) HDA temperature 121 103 31 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 498 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.4% Very good	Read 146 Write 116 Mixed 117 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.19 90% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 100%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 52GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 141 9091 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4715 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30737 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 473 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 376 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 84287 (C2) HDA temperature 122 96 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.8% Above average	Read 86 Write 119 Mixed 88.1 73% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.13 61% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 5GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 146 9050 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4554 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30867 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 447 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 389 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 53264 (C2) HDA temperature 119 99 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48% Average	Read 90.6 Write 76.4 Mixed 80.4 62% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 4x8GB 1,118 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.9% Good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 21.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 18.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 117%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 79%

Battleship

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 $122Bench 421%, 18,218 samples	13x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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