Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.2% 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 Drive	95.8% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '16 at 11:01
Run Duration	351 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 108 2-Core 208 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 539 54% 441 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1644 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 126 Parallax 112 101% 121 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 104 Splatting 95.9 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Triactor 480GB-$150 1,840 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 139GB free Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 259 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 775 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 124 (A3) Unknown 100 100 47 (A4) Unknown 100 100 12990 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 30 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 313 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 165685 (F2) Unknown 100 100 216515 (F5) Unknown 100 100 103920	50.1% Above average	Read 312 Write 129 Mixed 149 43% 197 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 34 4K Mixed 20 82% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 77.3 DQ Mixed 44.8 51% 88.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 99%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 955 Write 317 Mixed 443 125% 571 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 17.9 122% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 37.4 DQ Write 99.7 DQ Mixed 17.3 28% 51.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 672GB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 88 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10274 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 47429432576 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20565 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3226 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4287566339 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 73016279083 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 45 4833738784 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11339 (C2) HDA temperature 32 55 -140737488355296 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 7 88 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68.1% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 105 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.39 78% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 249GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 19 (03) Spinup time 174 170 4275 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2751 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1188 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 580 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2170 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	70% Good	Read 139 Write 105 Mixed 103 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.31 97% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 76%
WD My Passport 500GB 3,424 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 361GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 84 Write 86.6 Mixed 67.7 101% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.19 85% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 37%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 286GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 25.3 Mixed 27.3 35% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.18 56% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 43%
Kingston DT 101 G2 16GB 1,946 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	7.44% Terrible	Read 17.9 Write 7.54 Mixed 10.7 14% 12 MB/s	4K Read 5.17 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.44 56% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.44% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x4GB 780 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 28.8 86% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12.5 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 96%

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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	280x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 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	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	16x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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