Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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	47.5% 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	12.6 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	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '16 at 19:56
Run Duration	474 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th 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, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 675 71% 566 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 68.8 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 61.5 56% 66.3 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 53.1 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 162 Parallax 139 127% 152 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 149 Splatting 113 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 44GB 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 108 108 18018932 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -138624364425064 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1785 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1694 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (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 18018932 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18018932 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18018932 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27862 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21409 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21409 (F2) Unknown 0 0 30253	47.5% Average	Read 177 Write 73.1 Mixed 114 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 13.7 104% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 41.5 57% 106 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 147GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 78524176 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 210542191537 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15031 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1272 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 68 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 521469983 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8465 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 42949672991 (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 -17652315571770 (F1) Unknown 100 253 175444795733 (F2) Unknown 100 253 69083106703	96.2% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 154 Mixed 143 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.27 74% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 120GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30868856 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1784 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 182712320 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20628 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1781 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 538312736 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1690 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61574 (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 -53395033404441 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -105871297393893 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -132235529993571	71.1% Very good	Read 137 Write 111 Mixed 114 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.25 82% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 114%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 257GB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 113 Write 109 Mixed 101 137% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.26 74% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 71GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 73 Write 63.9 Mixed 47.4 76% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.13 56% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 43%
Generic- SD/MMC 8GB 452 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID null Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	6.13% Terrible	Read 8.25 Write 4.79 Mixed 4.27 7% 5.77 MB/s	4K Read 2.61 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.78 73% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.13% Great: 12%
Monster MONSTER DIGITAL 16GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 0GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	33% Below average	Read 181 Write 18.5 Mixed 15.2 58% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.79 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.04 40% 2.71 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33% 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 (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 35.5 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 102% 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	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) $30	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