Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	251% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Gigabyte X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 09:13
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 72 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 83% 153 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 987 88% 746 Pts	64-Core 1,418 88% 1,418 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 3988) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Lighting 92.6 Reflection 89.7 Parallax 86.8 75% 89.7 fps	MRender 82.2 Gravity 80.6 Splatting 70.4 63% 77.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 223GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2051 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 529 (AA) Unknown 97 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 83 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 24 100 51542949912 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 83 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 266306 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 264708 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 649 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 67 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 34208 (E8) Unknown 97 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 264708 (F2) Unknown 100 100 357623 (F9) Unknown 100 100 21380	69.3% Good	Read 513 Write 236 Mixed 302 77% 351 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 13.9 98% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 82.5 DQ Mixed 60.5 66% 113 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 95%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 273GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,028 Write 1,846 Mixed 1,857 426% 1,910 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 39.2 159% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 39.2 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 25.6 73% 146 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 353%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 128GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12359 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1558 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 84 84 479 (AE) Unknown 99 99 316 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 859 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 18 40 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 122688 (F1) Unknown 99 99 80553 (F2) Unknown 99 99 59409	190% Outstanding	Read 1,869 Write 1,195 Mixed 1,381 328% 1,482 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 31.8 130% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 84.7 DQ Mixed 82.2 56% 67.7 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 220%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 153 153 21502099900 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1689 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 908 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6217 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 214748889116 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	97.3% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 160 Mixed 119 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.46 112% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 173610888 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12720 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 139927925 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 83 83 17665 (B7) Unknown 91 91 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 171804787311 (BD) vendor-specific 79 79 21 (BE) vendor-specific 75 50 421068825 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 10904 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 70178 (C2) HDA temperature 25 50 12884901913 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 178 560 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 85285165606603 (F1) Unknown 100 253 183578999168 (F2) Unknown 100 253 215232043689	94% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 159 Mixed 156 122% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.8% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 16.4 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 10 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 96.9 41% 96.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 113%

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Gaming 102%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 110%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	72x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	68x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	56x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	36x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	31x

SSD
MZVLB512HAJQ-000H1 512GBSamsungBench 209%, 20,750 samples	38x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	14x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	10x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	93x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	41x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	28x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $940

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