Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.6% 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	71.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	30.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130726
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '17 at 03:39
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 100 2-Core 197 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 604 60% 491 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 109 Parallax 96.2 84% 103 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 78.4 72% 88.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1 SSD 480GB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 411GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th 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 12 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 85 (A3) Unknown 100 100 22 (A4) Unknown 100 100 570 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7070 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4609 (F5) Unknown 100 100 4560	71.5% Very good	Read 452 Write 386 Mixed 405 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 17.5 94% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 66.2 DQ Mixed 16.4 21% 35.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 102%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 220 197 7983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 81 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 114 (C2) HDA temperature 119 117 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	91.8% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 154 Mixed 158 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.3 119% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 97%
Lexar JumpDrive P10 USB 3.0 64GB-$18 65 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 45GB free, PID a836 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 194 Write 186 Mixed 134 214% 171 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.59 98% 4.23 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ32GX3M4X18 CMZ32GX3M4A18 CMZ32GX3M4X18 CMZ32GX3M4A18 32GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 30.7 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns

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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	274x
Core i7-4930KIntel $95Bench 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	48x
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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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