Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	94.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	195% 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	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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 02:33
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 2,742 User benchmarks, average bench 60% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 67.6 2-Core 134 58% 94.3 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 401 41% 331 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 148 Parallax 128 92% 129 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 141 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 238GB free Firmware: 010G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 29736 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 531 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 45 (AE) Unknown 100 100 89 (B5) Unknown 100 100 9526292776285 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 98 98 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 105 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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	45.5% Average	Read 262 Write 230 Mixed 243 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 4.73 51% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 3.63 43% 101 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 74%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,971 Write 1,369 Mixed 1,290 342% 1,543 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 25 99% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 41.8 DQ Write 81.5 DQ Mixed 19.7 27% 47.7 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 254%
Samsung Spinpoint F3R 1TB 778 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 929GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 70 8879 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2929 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4414 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 628 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 167504773146 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3030	84.5% Excellent	Read 139 Write 155 Mixed 140 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.08 4K Mixed 0.4 168% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 35.1 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 103%

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

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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	274x
Core i7-4930KIntel $95Bench 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	48x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	15x

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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