Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 132% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	262% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte X299 DESIGNARE EX
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 DESIGNARE EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	40.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181105
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '19 at 23:07
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9940X-$790 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 85% CPU0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 77.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 921 84% 704 Pts	64-Core 2,434 151% 2,434 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2182) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 161 Parallax 154 138% 162 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 151 Splatting 113 118% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1535 1074 607 613 598 605 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,013 Write 2,006 Mixed 1345 SusWrite 838 347% 1,551 MB/s	4K Read 56.4 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 75.1 258% 91.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,240 DQ Write 1,035 DQ Mixed 1136 851% 1,137 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 228GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 433 408 289 289 291 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 450 Mixed 435 SusWrite 359 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 55.2 191% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 128%
WD Gold 8TB (256MB Cache 2017)-$189 695 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 6.5TB free Firmware: 01.01H02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 212 212 209 212 215 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 190 Mixed 88 SusWrite 211 126% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.1 274% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 7.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 183 187 191 191 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 187 Write 193 Mixed 125 SusWrite 185 233% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1 204% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 98%

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 @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 60.5 MC Mixed 38.7 132% 46.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 9.5 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 140%

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

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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	27x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	31x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	24x
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 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 $150Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $1,628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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