Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 131% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	71.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '18 at 22:24
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7960X-$347 2,322 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 84 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 1074 94% 802 Pts	64-Core 2953 183% 2953 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 149 Parallax 143 121% 147 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 151 Splatting 110 104% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3198 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2085 (B1) Unknown 94 94 119 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 47 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11270311774	71.5% Very good	Read 499 Write 404 Mixed 416 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 15.2 89% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 18.8 DQ Write 20.5 DQ Mixed 8.89 10% 16.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 124%
Asus RAIDR Express PCIe 1,224 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 118GB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	64.8% Good	Read 716 Write 377 Mixed 400 110% 498 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 23.8 4K Mixed 7.14 43% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 12.1 DQ Write 17.5 DQ Mixed 5.45 7% 11.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 554GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 114019992 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3786 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 59 12996809117 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33931 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 429 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 55835426829 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 44 99272163357 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 222 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4535 (C2) HDA temperature 29 56 12884901917 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -20886425934785 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12345293248 (F2) Unknown 100 253 268257708088	36.8% Below average	Read 64.4 Write 63.9 Mixed 41.4 42% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.12 32% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 554GB free Firmware: ML6OA180 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 153 153 34386411829 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6568 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 150 150 27 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 54768 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 649 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6808 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6808 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 214749347870 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4	39.6% Below average	Read 62.9 Write 75.2 Mixed 61.9 50% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.15 39% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 415GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 121 (03) Spinup time 119 119 38686163426 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 12504 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 34 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 56305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 987 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13724 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13724 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 231929348127 (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	57.8% Above average	Read 108 Write 93.4 Mixed 110 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.44 117% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 61%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 189GB free Firmware: CC3H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 49515411 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12663 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 13 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37851901 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 58146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 12 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 933 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 48 48 52 (BE) vendor-specific 69 41 86420815903 (C2) HDA temperature 31 59 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 24 49515411 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 106558138640799 (F1) Unknown 100 253 670239640 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3232075904	44% Average	Read 76.2 Write 77.1 Mixed 74.4 57% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.38 85% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 66%
USB 3.0 Drobo S - Gen 2 17.5TB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 12TB free, PID 000a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 151 Write 108 Mixed 126 159% 129 MB/s	4K Read 2.07 4K Write 3.47 4K Mixed 0.02 127% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.5% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 23.2 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 10.3 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 164%

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Gaming 102%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 110%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $413Bench 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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $45	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