Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86.7% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '17 at 19:45
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 233 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 569 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 50 Parallax 53.5 36% 49.4 fps	MRender 51 Gravity 39 Splatting 37.9 34% 42.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18995 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1322 (B1) Unknown 89 89 125 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 47 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1241 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31886059286	86.7% Excellent	Read 496 Write 348 Mixed 339 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 22.8 116% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 61.8 98% 190 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 46GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 140 140 12895912095 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1656 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5044 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7158 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 210453725218 (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 200 200 0	45.8% Average	Read 88 Write 71.8 Mixed 60.2 55% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.15 28% 0.21 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 103%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 3GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 141 (03) Spinup time 189 186 1533 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5510 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 29 29 51897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3218 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2621 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 618155 (C2) HDA temperature 115 78 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 173 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.3% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 60.5 Mixed 46.8 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.34 93% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 41%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	6.63% Terrible	Read 27.3 Write 6.07 Mixed 7.09 13% 13.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.69 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.005 21% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.63% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2x8GB 237 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.8% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 23.2 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14.3 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 67%

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	45x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	30x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 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 $38Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 11% - Very poor

Total price: $686

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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