Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	52.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 10 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 12:05
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 X 980-$148 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Socket 1366, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 95.1 1-Core 83.2 2-Core 167 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 532 53% 433 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 6198 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2019 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 119 (AE) Unknown 100 100 50 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 54 197569282079 (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 16136 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 20926511926 (F7) Unknown 100 100 658350651 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2299166265	52.4% Above average	Read 219 Write 243 Mixed 226 52% 230 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 14.6 90% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 91.2 DQ Mixed 17.9 26% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 12734528 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2249 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18002293 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19062 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 662 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 56 454295579 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2736 (C2) HDA temperature 27 44 47244640283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 7 12734528 (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 -104243151238435 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1714636053 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2598743339	73.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 127 Mixed 91.7 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.59 118% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 66 64 10526 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3054 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6567 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1403 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2172346 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 46 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 158914576406 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 59 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3134	50.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 71.6 Mixed 29.9 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.39 106% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 163GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 104297888 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 169 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 940229 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 454295579 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1306 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 55834574875 (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 -92930207383476 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8653508544 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6187813827	92.5% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 166 Mixed 158 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.31 97% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 113%
WD WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 150GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 139GB free Firmware: 21.07QR5 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 157 4900 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4960 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12436 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1610 (C2) HDA temperature 118 96 29 (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 200 253 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48% Average	Read 82.2 Write 84.6 Mixed 65.8 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.44 122% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10GB 21,027 User benchmarks, average bench 31% null MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.6% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 5.3 19% 6.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 45%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7

CPU
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	66x
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	59x
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	30x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	17x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x

RAM
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	78x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	65x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	37x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $409

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