Gigabyte GA-X99M-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	139% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Default string
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99M-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '18 at 17:35
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 761 75% 611 Pts	64-Core 930 58% 930 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 48.4 Reflection 45 Parallax 39.7 40% 44.4 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 36.2 31% 38.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 573 560 514 515 465 474 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 612 Write 592 Mixed 536 SusWrite 517 127% 564 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 51.5 167% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 629 DQ Mixed 577 466% 661 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 219%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 201GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 420 385 415 379 414 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 397 Write 216 Mixed 322 SusWrite 405 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 37.4 139% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 244 202% 288 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C15 Series 4x4GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 43.3 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 40.9 120% 41.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 75%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99M-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	100x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	39x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	19x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	16x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	14x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	11x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $155Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair $92Bench 85%, 8,498 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GBCorsair $74Bench 76%, 29,684 samples	7x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $753

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 $178	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