Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics94% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive59.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160112
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateAug 13 '16 at 00:08
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
79.8% Very good
Memory 89.1
1-Core 99.6
2-Core 196
74% 128 Pts
4-Core 379
8-Core 676
64% 528 Pts
64-Core 1,042
64% 1,042 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Gigabyte(1458 36CF) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
94% Outstanding
Lighting 123
Reflection 121
Parallax 120
100% 121 fps
MRender 99.6
Gravity 106
Splatting 97.3
82% 101 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 94%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
59.5% Above average
Read 468
Write 187
Mixed 253
66% 302 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 54.7
4K Mixed 16
78% 30 MB/s
DQ Read 61.8
DQ Write 211
DQ Mixed 10.2
44% 94.2 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 59.5%
Great: 84%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45
569GB free
Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Read 120
Write 177
Mixed 131
107% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.58
4K Write 5.39
4K Mixed 0.57
188% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$210
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.9% Good
MC Read 29.6
MC Write 21.6
MC Mixed 22.3
70% 24.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 18
SC Mixed 20
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 68.3
58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 67.9%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-X99-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 259 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $540
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