Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	323% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	115.1 GB free of 128 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '20 at 22:19
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$393 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 75.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 284 91% 169 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 1,132 101% 855 Pts	64-Core 1,955 121% 1,955 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2507 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 141 Parallax 136 108% 136 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 132 Splatting 104 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2007 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 113 Parallax 105 82% 106 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 96 Splatting 97.6 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1338 1362 1405 1484 1485 1486 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	323% Outstanding	Read 2,175 Write 2,116 Mixed 1,633 SusWrite 1,427 413% 1,838 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 220 4K Mixed 78.9 301% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1376 DQ Write 1,201 DQ Mixed 1,260 952% 1,279 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 323% Great: 435%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 1TB 1,324 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 410GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 435 426 432 429 441 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 421 Mixed 391 SusWrite 431 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 39.9 150% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 128%
H/W RAID0 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 75GB free Firmware: 80003030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.5 6.9 114 279 199 174 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.7% Average	Read 23.2 Write 2.7 Mixed 7.3 SusWrite 129 29% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.4 121% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x16GB 2,632 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 66.3 MC Mixed 38 135% 47.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 11.2 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 89.3 45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 142%

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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 $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	58x
Core i9-7920XIntel $250Bench 82%, 5,430 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	63x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	32x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 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	60x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	27x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	23x

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Total price: $1,517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16