Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics86.2% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-X79-UP4  (all builds)
Memory8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 01 '16 at 23:44
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 72%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
71.7% Very good
Memory 91.7
1-Core 98.9
2-Core 174
73% 122 Pts
4-Core 282
8-Core 402
43% 342 Pts
64-Core 414
26% 414 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.9
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
86.2% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 113
Parallax 94.5
89% 106 fps
MRender 95.4
Gravity 98.4
Splatting 99
80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80
350GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
49.1% Average
Read 91.4
Write 79.4
Mixed 84.3
64% 85 MB/s
4K Read 0.44
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.34
93% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 49.1%
Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
66.6% Good
Read 117
Write 115
Mixed 125
90% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 1.99
4K Mixed 0.2
81% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 66.6%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR3 1866 2x8GB
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
53.6% Above average
MC Read 20.6
MC Write 19.7
MC Mixed 17.2
55% 19.2 GB/s
SC Read 12.3
SC Write 12.7
SC Mixed 11.6
35% 12.2 GB/s
Latency 64.5
62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 53.6%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-X79-UP4 Builds (Compare 897 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 - $480

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $802
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