Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	62.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 16:45
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X-$265 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 76.2 2-Core 202 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 650 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 151 Parallax 144 112% 144 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 146 Splatting 114 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 150 151 151 152 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 395 Write 151 Mixed 201 SusWrite 150 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 26.4 93% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 148 125% 184 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 90%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 148GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 77 78 80 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 72 Write 83.2 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 77.5 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 124GB free Firmware: CC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 109 105 114 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 116 Write 101 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 108 69% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 69%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 142GB free Firmware: 1118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 87 86 89 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 65 Write 28.2 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 87.5 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 37GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 64 65 66 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 71.8 Write 71.7 Mixed 50 SusWrite 64.6 48% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 68%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 244GB free Firmware: A3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 106 106 112 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 116 Write 88.7 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 108 67% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 4x8GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 32.7 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 97%

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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	275x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 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	49x
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 $279	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 $184	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