Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	70.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 01:14
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2670-$53 4,803 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 5.9 GHz, turbo 6.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 78.1 2-Core 157 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 599 55% 459 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9295) CLim: 1200 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 41% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15861 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1596 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 0 77313277992 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 76 76 25 (EA) Unknown 100 100 326848 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13861 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11923 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 15026	70.7% Very good	Read 480 Write 418 Mixed 383 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 16.7 81% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 62 DQ Mixed 15.1 19% 33.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 103%
Kingdian S280-120GB 120GB 1,133 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 14GB free Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^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 100 100 197 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 335 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 138 (A3) Unknown 100 100 14 (A4) Unknown 100 100 45936 (A5) Unknown 100 100 47 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (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 95925 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22603 (F5) Unknown 100 100 91872	74.5% Very good	Read 495 Write 320 Mixed 378 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 22.8 96% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 63.2 DQ Mixed 43.3 57% 107 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 113%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 37GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 65539 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 91 (03) Spinup time 119 119 25790710078 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3523 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 35 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28797 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2716 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3686 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3686 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 257699086379 (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	52.4% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 85 Mixed 87.4 68% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.33 74% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 16GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 39945226 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11026 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 415443638 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2840 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590066152 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 605421603 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 73014444067 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 24 39945226 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -106845901390167 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1675801071 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3547356176	47.9% Average	Read 82.2 Write 84.4 Mixed 78.6 62% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.45 104% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Ser 1866 CL10 Ser F3-14900CL9-4 F3-14900CL9-4 24GB 0, 0, 0, 0 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	102% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 40.5 117% 41 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.2 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns

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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 $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
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	16x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

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 $15	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