Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	231% 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.

High background CPU (22%). 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	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170609
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '21 at 09:40
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (69^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 229 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 694 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 836 52% 836 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% PowerColor(148C 2409) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 21.11.3 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 136 Parallax 258 116% 179 fps	MRender 207 Gravity 144 Splatting 165 140% 172 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1037 797 786 686 692 755 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2004 Write 1,883 Mixed 1,512 SusWrite 792 347% 1,548 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 68.5 221% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 910 DQ Write 576 DQ Mixed 779 571% 755 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 274GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 432 458 458 449 442 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 438 Mixed 415 SusWrite 444 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 54.3 179% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 354 254% 328 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 2,712 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 186GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 349 331 318 349 352 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 418 Mixed 314 SusWrite 346 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 32.7 122% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 264 220% 319 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 114%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 421GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 378 368 375 377 380 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 424 Mixed 390 SusWrite 375 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 41.1 147% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 281 233% 336 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 298GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 377 368 375 378 319 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 411 Mixed 373 SusWrite 365 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 43.1 144% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 285 235% 336 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FBD 4x8GB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 58.6 MC Mixed 44.6 137% 48 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 122%

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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 $265Bench 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 $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: 78% - Very good

Total price: $833

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

Gigabyte GA-X99-Designare EX-CF

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PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)