Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	221% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160831
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '16 at 18:56
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 827 83% 672 Pts	64-Core 1,032 64% 1,032 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 75.2 66% 78.4 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 73 60% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEDMW012T4 1TB 1,068 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 897GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01F0 Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,098 Write 1,164 Mixed 1,609 359% 1,624 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 37.2 150% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 441 DQ Write 466 DQ Mixed 126 185% 344 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 250%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 232GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1436 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1127 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7993810063	97.3% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 401 Mixed 418 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 38.7 137% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 21.2 74% 164 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 124%
StoreJet Transcend 80GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 58GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 38.2 Write 38.9 Mixed 38.5 50% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 9.92 4K Write 14.5 4K Mixed 6.93 767% 10.5 MB/s	DQ Read 10.4 DQ Write 16.3 DQ Mixed 6.91 828% 11.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%
WDC WD80 0UE-22HCT0 80GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 58GB free, PID 0701 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 30.7 Mixed 14.7 31% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.29 42% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 43.3 MC Write 54.4 MC Mixed 41 132% 46.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 22.3 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 115%

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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 $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $35Bench 244%, 109,999 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $763

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

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