Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	418% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '18 at 16:21
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7920X-$250 5,430 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 77.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 254 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 957 86% 725 Pts	64-Core 2,008 124% 2,008 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3759) 2GB CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Lighting 25.4 Reflection 18.9 Parallax 22 21% 22.1 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 26 Splatting 18.4 19% 23.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPED1D28 280GB 456 User benchmarks, average bench 449% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	418% Outstanding	Read 2,285 Write 1,954 Mixed 2,342 490% 2,194 MB/s	4K Read 195 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 153 603% 186 MB/s	DQ Read 547 DQ Write 505 DQ Mixed 276 276% 443 MB/s
Poor: 276% ↑ This bench: 418% Great: 679%
Plextor M6e PCIe 256GB-$50 744 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 85GB free Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6684 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3391 (B1) Unknown 100 100 160169 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 391 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 728602 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2013423	113% Outstanding	Read 651 Write 546 Mixed 577 132% 591 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 33.6 122% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 101 147% 273 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 131%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 58GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14286 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 7434 (B1) Unknown 98 98 68 (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 73 54 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1252 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4967194291	71.5% Very good	Read 496 Write 323 Mixed 397 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 18.3 83% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 78.9 DQ Mixed 60.4 70% 125 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 76%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 20GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 9 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11990 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 7258 (B1) Unknown 95 95 180 (B3) Unknown 99 99 9 (B5) Unknown 99 99 9 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 813 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11950969277	74.1% Very good	Read 492 Write 229 Mixed 256 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 18.7 111% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 60.2 77% 141 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.4% Above average	MC Read 16 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 14.5 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 10.1 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 97%

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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 $620Bench 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 $1,306Bench 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 $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 $46

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