Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '19 at 19:01
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 215 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 634 52% 455 Pts	64-Core 816 50% 816 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1561 MHz, MLim: 1792 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 89.4 Parallax 86.2 68% 86.3 fps	MRender 82.5 Gravity 79.2 Splatting 71.1 63% 77.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 111 111 97 105 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 482 Mixed 373 SusWrite 137 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 54.4 187% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 342 256% 341 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 635GB free Firmware: S5Z42102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 589 598 598 602 599 602 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 715 Write 413 Mixed 105 SusWrite 598 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 76.3 245% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 514 DQ Mixed 424 376% 571 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 311%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 330GB free Firmware: MS2OA650 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 141 141 141 141 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 151 Write 154 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 142 87% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 99%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 8GB 2,703 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 5GB free, PID 1643 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 4.5 4.9 4.3 4.9 4.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	7.07% Terrible	Read 14.8 Write 4.8 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 4.6 7% 6.68 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0 49% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.07% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FAD 2x4GB 179 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	65.6% Good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 19.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.9 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 71%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	148x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	49x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	24x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	23x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	9x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	8x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	9x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 2,702 samples	8x
Team-Elite-2400 8x4GBTeamBench 121%, 40 samples	7x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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