Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180313
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 05:50
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 1,838 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 69.6 1-Core 80.8 2-Core 159 60% 103 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 543 51% 425 Pts	64-Core 816 50% 816 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 76%

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: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.8% Good	Lighting 73.1 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 63.3 60% 71.6 fps	MRender 76.3 Gravity 88.1 Splatting 78.7 66% 81 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 100 98 112 70 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 320 Write 188 Mixed 145 SusWrite 99.4 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 19.5 4K Mixed 17.6 68% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 50.8 DQ Mixed 48.7 47% 76.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 126%
PNY CS1311 120GB SSD 7 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 31GB free Firmware: CS13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 44 31 46 82 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 468 Write 85.5 Mixed 108 SusWrite 54.2 39% 179 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 22.4 4K Mixed 8.2 25% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 85.2 DQ Mixed 67 60% 92.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 75%
Seagate ST8000DM002-1YW112 8TB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 3TB free Firmware: DN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 138 145 144 140 146 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 112 Write 104 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 140 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 495% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 94%
Seagate ST4000LM016-1N2170 4TB 2,075 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 929GB free Firmware: 0003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 71 69 68 65 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 24.3 Write 46.2 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 65.4 32% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.3 139% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 66%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 22TB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 10.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 166 169 174 164 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 149 Write 138 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 166 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 265% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 110%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 43 30 48 140 129 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 4x8GB 1,103 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 19 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 15.6 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 116%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	139x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	78x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	27x

SSD
990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $115Bench 421%, 18,218 samples	13x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 124% - Outstanding

Total price: $413

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16