Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '23 at 02:00
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 1,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 78.9 2-Core 158 62% 106 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 614 56% 473 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 27.6 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 32.2 22% 31.4 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 23 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU760 256GB 591 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: XA003R17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 400 145 108 59 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 432 Write 420 Mixed 378 SusWrite 192 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 40.5 136% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 249 189% 254 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 702GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 13 28 20 18 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 107%
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 849GB free, PID 0206 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 128 130 132 126 128 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.2% Above average	Read 142 Write 88.4 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 128 139% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 58% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 52%
WD My Passport 2627 5TB 4,990 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 341GB free, PID 2627 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 53.9 Write 26.2 Mixed 21.6 SusWrite 25.9 38% 31.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.9 53% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/ KHX2400C11D3/ KHX1866C11D3/ KHX1866C11D3/ 12GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.3% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 19 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 10.8 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns

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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	281x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	196x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	187x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	55x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16