Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	41.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130927
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '17 at 04:15
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 198 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 582 61% 491 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 148 Parallax 139 118% 144 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 141 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 487GB 751 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 276GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 455 Write 498 Mixed 474 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 27.4 91% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 100 110% 183 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 214%
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: PPG4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30488 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 706 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 355 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 13922 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 71 71 0	41.5% Average	Read 262 Write 158 Mixed 197 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 13.5 60% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 81.9 DQ Write 60.7 DQ Mixed 27.8 33% 56.8 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 602 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 47.8 MC Write 47.6 MC Mixed 42.6 131% 46 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

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Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	44x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	30x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 670Nvidia $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples	8x
GTX 680Nvidia $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples	8x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	8x

SSD
840 250GBSamsung $251Bench 70%, 41,998 samples	9x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 60%, 738 samples	4x
Vengeance DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 780 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 44%, 677 samples	3x

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Value: 11% - Very poor

Total price: $686

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) $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