Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	80% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170604
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '18 at 15:36
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (24^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-$195 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 (91^st percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 72.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 256 80% 149 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 995 92% 770 Pts	64-Core 1,463 90% 1,463 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$175 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 909GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16875 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 190 (B1) Unknown 99 99 34 (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 62 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 73 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25938085411	80% Excellent	Read 499 Write 478 Mixed 506 111% 495 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 18 98% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 65.6 DQ Mixed 18.1 22% 37.3 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$51 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 75GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10162 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 16812 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10122 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.6% Above average	Read 92.9 Write 97.1 Mixed 93.9 71% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.28 110% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 67GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 170 6008 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7518 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16754 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (10) Unknown 11 189 203637312788 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7469 (C2) HDA temperature 117 111 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.6% Good	Read 104 Write 110 Mixed 93.2 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.29 98% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 1TB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	8.5% Terrible	Read 32.4 Write 7.14 Mixed 11.5 17% 17 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 36% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.5% Great: 16%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.8% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 13.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 9.4 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 94.8 42% 94.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 164%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 110%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 - $500

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	67x
Core i7-7820XIntel $195Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	59x
Core i9-7920XIntel $250Bench 82%, 5,430 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	64x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	32x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $365Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	19x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	21x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	10x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	61x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	27x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	23x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $383