Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.1% 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	91.4% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '23 at 23:02
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 78.8 2-Core 180 66% 114 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 654 61% 510 Pts	64-Core 896 55% 896 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.1% 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: 922 MHz, MLim: 1356 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Lighting 24.8 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 31.6 20% 29.9 fps	MRender 27.5 Gravity 23.8 Splatting 22.5 20% 24.6 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU760 256GB 591 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: XA003R17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 386 386 396 247 65 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 371 Mixed 363 SusWrite 311 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 40.9 137% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 252 194% 265 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 702GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 175 149 153 135 152 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 154 Write 127 Mixed 33.9 SusWrite 150 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 107%
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 810GB free, PID 0206 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 129 130 125 127 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51% Above average	Read 147 Write 90.2 Mixed 72 SusWrite 120 138% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 58% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 52%
WD My Passport 2627 5TB 4,990 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 332GB 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)	15.1% Very poor	Read 52.2 Write 25.6 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 26 38% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 1 58% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5402-462.A 99U5402-462.A KHX1866C11D3/ KHX1866C11D3/ 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 32.5 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%

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

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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 $139Bench 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 $254	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 $175	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) $30	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