Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 18:15
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 194 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 548 55% 447 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Lighting 49.9 Reflection 45.7 Parallax 41 41% 45.5 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 41.7 Splatting 36.7 32% 38.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 36%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 75.1 Parallax 65.9 63% 73 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 68.6 Splatting 70 57% 69 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st 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 100 100 732 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1458 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 31 (A3) Unknown 100 100 315 (94) Unknown 100 100 210354 (95) Unknown 100 100 2864 (96) Unknown 100 100 2699 (97) Unknown 100 100 2842 (A4) Unknown 100 100 86060 (A5) Unknown 100 100 101 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9 (A7) Unknown 100 100 67 (A9) Unknown 100 100 94 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 116 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45252432363552 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 304926 (F2) Unknown 100 100 174827 (F5) Unknown 100 100 508291 (F6) Unknown 100 100 420708 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	74.2% Very good	Read 401 Write 259 Mixed 248 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 23.4 106% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 46.9 86% 173 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 92%
FCCT240M500SSD1 240GB 298 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 27GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (39^th 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 11016 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1831 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 70 (AE) Unknown 100 100 186 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 58 180388626469 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7890374128 (F7) Unknown 100 100 410893514 (F8) Unknown 100 100 852643040	68.7% Good	Read 271 Write 258 Mixed 265 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 24.3 111% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 52.7 80% 151 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 90%
PNY SSD2SC120G1SA754 120GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 20GB free Firmware: 4B 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3522 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2271 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 135 (B1) Unknown 0 0 81 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 235530 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 40 (E7) Temperature 99 100 36 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 113 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6132 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7144	87.5% Excellent	Read 407 Write 256 Mixed 307 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 35.8 142% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 68.7 109% 208 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: ABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 65 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21494038822 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3656 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19536 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3131 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3784 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3784 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 167504183330 (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	99.5% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 170 Mixed 160 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.19 95% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 164GB free, PID 07a8 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 72 Write 66.1 Mixed 20.8 62% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1866 4x4GB 420 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 31.5 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.1 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

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Gaming 61%

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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	281x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	196x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	187x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	55x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $797

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16