Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	244% 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 X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180118
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 06:33
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 75.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 271 88% 163 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 988 89% 751 Pts	64-Core 1,414 88% 1,414 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 3988) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 344.60 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Lighting 90.1 Reflection 88.4 Parallax 79 74% 85.8 fps	MRender 82.3 Gravity 79 Splatting 70.8 63% 77.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,170 Write 1,737 Mixed 1,560 405% 1,823 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 27.6 168% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 83.3 DQ Mixed 172 98% 94.7 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 353%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 128GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12335 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1543 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 85 85 478 (AE) Unknown 99 99 311 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 859 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 18 43 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 122584 (F1) Unknown 99 99 80473 (F2) Unknown 99 99 59271	200% Outstanding	Read 1,915 Write 1,186 Mixed 1,380 331% 1,494 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 38.5 160% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 72.4 DQ Mixed 18.9 24% 40.4 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 220%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 214 196 8266 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1007 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1958 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 282 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6424 (C2) HDA temperature 126 104 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.7% Excellent	Read 142 Write 146 Mixed 144 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.27 104% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 97%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 145 145 38684393923 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1664 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6895 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 883 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6185 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 214748889118 (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	97% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 161 Mixed 157 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.46 107% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 102766432 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12695 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 139826439 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15123 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 83 83 17640 (B7) Unknown 91 91 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 171804787311 (BD) vendor-specific 79 79 21 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 10886 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 70087 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 12884901915 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 178 560 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -105020540311918 (F1) Unknown 100 253 183573729216 (F2) Unknown 100 253 215212716490	94.9% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 152 Mixed 158 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.18 69% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.4% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 16.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 9.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 88.5 45% 88.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 113%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 110%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	72x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	68x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	56x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	36x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	31x

SSD
MZVLB512HAJQ-000H1 512GBSamsungBench 209%, 20,750 samples	38x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	14x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	10x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	93x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	41x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	28x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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