Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 176% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	189% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	240% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	103.8 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211206
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '23 at 01:58
Run Duration	333 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,286 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 70 1-Core 107 2-Core 206 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 816 73% 616 Pts	64-Core 2,338 145% 2,338 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 7900-XTX-$1,000 5,548 User benchmarks, average bench 257% MSI(1462 5200) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 31.0.22023.1014 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	189% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 235 Parallax 773 141% 394 fps	MRender 504 Gravity 288 Splatting 468 347% 420 fps
Poor: 216% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 293%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1425 1160 1041 1015 950 1024 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,528 Write 1,619 Mixed 1,406 SusWrite 1,103 370% 1,664 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 47.7 160% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 534 DQ Write 458 DQ Mixed 500 374% 498 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 541%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 111GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 148 147 144 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 395 Write 157 Mixed 184 SusWrite 144 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 32.1 115% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 185 141% 193 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 88%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 78GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 222 226 215 212 224 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 334 Write 235 Mixed 247 SusWrite 216 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 14.2 68% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 23.2 43% 84.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 74%
Nvme INTEL SSDPEDMW800G4 800GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 157% 290GB free Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 834 840 824 804 792 742 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 878 Write 787 Mixed 529 SusWrite 806 168% 750 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 34.1 128% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 539 DQ Write 422 DQ Mixed 484 361% 482 MB/s
Poor: 137% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 185%
Nvme INTEL SSDPE2MW800G4 800GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 140GB free Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 845 859 841 818 798 753 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	148% Outstanding	Read 886 Write 840 Mixed 575 SusWrite 819 175% 780 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 37.6 134% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 515 DQ Write 445 DQ Mixed 478 359% 479 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 156%
Nvme INTEL SSDPE2MW012T4 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 397GB free Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1066 1062 1092 1082 1033 1067 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 964 Write 1,051 Mixed 666 SusWrite 1,067 211% 937 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 36.3 132% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 541 DQ Write 425 DQ Mixed 488 364% 485 MB/s
Poor: 166% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 229%

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 way below expectations (17^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 28 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 9.3 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 142%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	58	60	34.1"	1280 720	ACR054F Acer X34 P

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 91%

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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 $590Bench 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 $1,148Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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