Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	116% 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	249% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '16 at 21:17
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 1,091 99% 831 Pts	64-Core 1,899 118% 1,899 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 370E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2176 MHz, MLim: 2750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 159 Parallax 141 128% 152 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 152 Splatting 117 105% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4107 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1344 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 5 (AE) Unknown 99 99 65 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1684 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 48 44 52 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 2560 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2119 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1863	249% Outstanding	Read 2,006 Write 1,525 Mixed 1,631 382% 1,720 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 44.6 189% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 471 DQ Write 370 DQ Mixed 189 204% 343 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 241%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 207GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4105 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1305 (B1) Unknown 99 99 26 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 1 0 (B6) Unknown 100 1 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 51 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 122 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18965017695	109% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 494 Mixed 478 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 41.4 164% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 37.4 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 25.5 66% 131 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 824GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 110 (03) Spinup time 180 180 21493711170 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7286 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15361 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4058 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7286 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7286 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 184684445721 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.8% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 96.4 Mixed 81.9 67% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.37 90% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 73%
Maxtor STM3320820AS 320GB 4,234 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 87 153544046 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8829 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 369603906 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6437 (BB) vendor-specific 62 62 38 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 471597084 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 79 54 52739428 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 11 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 11 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 131 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	44.1% Average	Read 75.1 Write 78.5 Mixed 75.3 58% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.36 88% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 44%
Maxtor 6B300S0 300GB 497 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 279GB free Firmware: BANC1BY0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 181 177 28054 (04) Start/Stop count 251 251 5857 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 248 238 61393 (09) Power-on hours count 146 146 3780 (0A) Spinup retry count 240 218 13 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 244 244 3748 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 253 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 14243 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 2 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 240 218 13 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 241 241 155 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0	30.4% Below average	Read 39.4 Write 65.9 Mixed 64.9 43% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.3 112% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 36%
Maxtor 7L250S0 251GB-$118 346 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 234GB free Firmware: BANC1E00 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 183 178 26089 (04) Start/Stop count 246 246 15402 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 1 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 247 235 49199 (09) Power-on hours count 193 193 19954 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 205 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 230 230 9205 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 253 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 251 11878 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 205 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 240 240 162 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	34.6% Below average	Read 53.9 Write 66.1 Mixed 62.9 46% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.44 125% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 4,021 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 30.1 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 21.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 136%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 96%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

CPU
Core i7-6950XIntel $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples	56x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	52x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	27x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	10x

SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	15x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)WD $37Bench 244%, 109,999 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 122%, 173 samples	17x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 95%, 1,053 samples	14x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 92%, 6,789 samples	9x

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Total price: $968

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

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