Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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.
Boot Drive	276% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	122.2 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '18 at 09:38
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (55^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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 71.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 256 82% 151 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 871 83% 687 Pts	64-Core 1,406 87% 1,406 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 206 Parallax 201 147% 196 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 175 Splatting 126 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 476GB free Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 2,167 Write 1,947 Mixed 1,925 449% 2,013 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 55.9 222% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 586 DQ Write 570 DQ Mixed 284 294% 480 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 353%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,142 Write 1,811 Mixed 1,831 429% 1,928 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 32.4 191% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 563 DQ Write 527 DQ Mixed 250 268% 447 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 353%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 100GB free Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	314% Outstanding	Read 2,478 Write 1,854 Mixed 2,077 475% 2,136 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 66.1 245% 93.6 MB/s	DQ Read 604 DQ Write 573 DQ Mixed 280 295% 486 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 314% Great: 353%
Seagate ST4000DM006-2G5107 4TB 7,216 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 3.5TB free Firmware: DN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 112932591 (03) Spinup time 90 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 379 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 14458046 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 109341277421916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (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 67 57 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 27 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1410 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 77309411361 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 13 8 112932591 (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 -83687437762421 (F1) Unknown 100 253 95610406 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17322185	115% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 200 Mixed 186 146% 195 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 4.63 4K Mixed 0.41 184% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 126%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 128 128 34399191641 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1012 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 606 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1993 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1993 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 201864708133 (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	69.4% Good	Read 124 Write 118 Mixed 108 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 128GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103802792 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1362 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7789587 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2025 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 779 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098372 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 324 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4362 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 64424509473 (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 51488067945863 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13798918322 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42819004990	75% Very good	Read 135 Write 127 Mixed 132 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 114%

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 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 48.6 MC Mixed 28.9 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 9 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 97.6 41% 97.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 142%

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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 $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	72x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	69x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	56x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $159Bench 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	29x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $878

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16