Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	59.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '18 at 16:31
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$1,511 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 75.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 86% 159 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 997 92% 766 Pts	64-Core 3,328 206% 3,328 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 148 Parallax 125 110% 136 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 137 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 480GB-$70 2,932 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 269 263 333 311 308 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 426 Mixed 389 SusWrite 321 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 45.7 166% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 296 240% 341 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 121%
Kingston SM2280S3G2480G 480GB 1,177 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 279GB free Firmware: SAFM01.W SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 467 462 452 452 450 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 454 Mixed 341 SusWrite 454 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 37.6 148% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 179 178% 285 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 51GB free Firmware: UE3000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 88 90 91 90 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 419 Write 195 Mixed 246 SusWrite 92.8 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 17.1 76% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 81.1 DQ Mixed 42.9 48% 81.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 176 175 176 172 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 96.1 Write 138 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 175 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.7 225% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 90%
Seagate ST4000DM006-2G5107 4TB 7,216 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 3.5TB free Firmware: DN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 152 149 153 153 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 155 Write 154 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 151 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 245% 2 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x16GB 9,153 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.5% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 18.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 11.4 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 88.5 45% 88.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 140%

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Gaming 102%

UFO

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 110%

UFO

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 - $500

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	67x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	58x
Core i9-7920XIntel $250Bench 82%, 5,430 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	63x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	32x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	18x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	21x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	10x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	60x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	27x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	23x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,586

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) $30	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