Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	114% 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.

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5 (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '19 at 03:00
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 0-$230 10,189 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 99.1 2-Core 196 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 548 59% 467 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 441 440 479 436 353 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 457 Mixed 434 SusWrite 436 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 51.6 167% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 129%
WDC WD80EMAZ-00M9AA0 8TB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 7.5TB free Firmware: 0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 188 189 208 205 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 203 Write 204 Mixed 116 SusWrite 198 41% 180 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 9.9 4K Mixed 1.4 11% 4.73 MB/s	DQ Read 0.7 DQ Write 6.3 DQ Mixed 4.7 3% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 23%
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 6TB free Firmware: 0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 182 183 186 188 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 187 Mixed 104 SusWrite 188 123% 167 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 1.4 379% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 105%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 148 144 156 158 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 156 Write 130 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 152 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 47.5 MC Write 47.8 MC Mixed 44 133% 46.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 117%

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

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Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	45x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	30x
Core i7-4930KIntel $88Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 670Nvidia $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples	8x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	8x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	8x

SSD
840 250GBSamsung $251Bench 70%, 41,998 samples	9x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 60%, 738 samples	4x
Vengeance DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 780 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 44%, 677 samples	3x

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Value: 11% - Very poor

Total price: $686

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