Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 150% UFO


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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.
Memory	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	121 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '18 at 06:48
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i9-7960X-$347 2,322 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 79.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 264 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 1,035 92% 776 Pts	64-Core 2,849 176% 2,849 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 194 Parallax 175 149% 184 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 176 Splatting 121 114% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 399 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 233 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 62 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 128 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3233508968
Poor: 78% Great: 130%
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 398 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 230 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 127 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1801596244	109% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 505 Mixed 517 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 33.5 164% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24.8 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 189 145% 185 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 130%
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 480GB-$900 1,995 User benchmarks, average bench 429% 391GB free Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	423% Outstanding	Read 2,266 Write 2,082 Mixed 2,284 494% 2,211 MB/s	4K Read 203 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 155 606% 182 MB/s	DQ Read 466 DQ Write 452 DQ Mixed 220 231% 380 MB/s
Poor: 280% ↑ This bench: 423% Great: 541%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$99 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 141733752 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 274 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 4721209 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 57797374902650 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 364 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 64 141733752 (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 101648990994757 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2142239385 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9480967089	64.5% Good	Read 125 Write 97.9 Mixed 69.3 72% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.31 4K Write 5.54 4K Mixed 0.54 300% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$99 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 226930448 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 265 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 9121224 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -79624398700182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 218 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 337 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 64 226930448 (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 81226421502270 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12946404766 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10730170163	71.2% Very good	Read 138 Write 108 Mixed 69.3 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 2.02 4K Write 5.59 4K Mixed 0.5 243% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x16GB 2,632 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	MC Read 48.4 MC Write 72.8 MC Mixed 50.4 163% 57.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 10.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 142%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 110%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 - $500

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	67x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	58x
Core i9-7920XIntel $250Bench 82%, 5,430 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	63x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	32x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	18x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	21x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	10x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	60x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	27x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	23x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,586

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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