Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.1% 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	43.2% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 00:23
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 75.8 2-Core 190 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 469 50% 396 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.7 90% 105 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 95 Splatting 92 76% 93 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 175656628 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 -48137993409799 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 659 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 173 (B1) Unknown 0 0 19 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 175656628 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 175656628 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 175656628 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 86973 (EA) Unknown 0 0 41894 (F1) Unknown 0 0 41894 (F2) Unknown 0 0 51280	43.2% Average	Read 207 Write 149 Mixed 115 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 12 66% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 38.2 58% 111 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 66%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 50GB free Firmware: 12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6098 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 67 41 253403922465 (F1) Unknown 100 100 40064	46.1% Average	Read 260 Write 176 Mixed 183 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 9.51 62% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 45.1 64% 121 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 101%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 501GB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 163 6441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 646 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 406 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 540 (C2) HDA temperature 110 84 40 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.8% Good	Read 128 Write 97.9 Mixed 110 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 112%
WD Elements 25A1 4TB 8,402 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2.5TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 30.4 Write 26.3 Mixed 6.54 24% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.07 41% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 61%
WD Elements 25A2 1.5TB 2,275 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1.5TB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 26.8 Mixed 23.4 34% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.22 65% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x4GB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 33.4 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 100%

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

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 - $380

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	432x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	200x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	45x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	53x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	23x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	22x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 67%, 1,867 samples	35x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 57%, 2,734 samples	28x
F3 DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 65%, 473 samples	15x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $577

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 $182	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) $30	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