Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	47.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 03:28
Run Duration	448 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 651 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Lighting 67.5 Reflection 67 Parallax 59.9 55% 64.8 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 56.5 Splatting 53 48% 60.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 54%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2599 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 144 Parallax 135 118% 142 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 134 Splatting 107 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 119GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6083 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 460 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 53 201864445984 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16926487931 (F7) Unknown 100 100 529290857 (F8) Unknown 100 100 437333150 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4388 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	75.6% Very good	Read 482 Write 274 Mixed 340 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 25.7 102% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 93.6 DQ Mixed 54.1 77% 148 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 105%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 26404448 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -94437740877690 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2246 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1733 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26404448 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26404448 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26404448 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31698 (EA) Unknown 0 0 25527 (F1) Unknown 0 0 25527 (F2) Unknown 0 0 37325	47.6% Average	Read 189 Write 124 Mixed 144 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 15.1 92% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 42.7 56% 101 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 61%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 745GB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 10543 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 493 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 6089 (0A) Spinup retry count 109 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 459 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 562 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 171799412764 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 85 85 6074 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 202 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	67% Good	Read 142 Write 91.6 Mixed 91.5 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 660GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118683728 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2282 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 193411230 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2245 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 100 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 571801632 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1729 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 63843 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 51539607584 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 1864015831876 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -101373962525873 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -99973495646811	98.2% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 169 Mixed 153 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.39 110% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 555GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36093904 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1770 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 48 48 10935136010973 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21166 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1736 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 68 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 538181662 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1223 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10178 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 42949672990 (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 -55516747247292 (F1) Unknown 100 253 341852138018 (F2) Unknown 100 253 115846755249	97.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 166 Mixed 159 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.25 85% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 113%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 80.4 121% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 465GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	24.4% Poor	Read 59.5 Write 52.4 Mixed 61.7 74% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.13 53% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 43%
Generic- SD/MMC 32GB 927 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 30GB free, PID null Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	8.59% Terrible	Read 19 Write 12.4 Mixed 15.4 19% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.34 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 1.11 76% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.59% Great: 17%
Monster MONSTER DIGITAL 16GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 10GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 194 Write 22.3 Mixed 31.9 72% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.13 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.1 47% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 4x4GB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 33.8 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 100%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 - $480

CPU
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	280x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	195x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	187x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	21x

RAM
DDR3 1866 4x4GBAdataBench 68%, 420 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 60%, 738 samples	16x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	16x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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