Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	59 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '18 at 14:40
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3970X-$217 2,677 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 194 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 565 59% 471 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 211 Parallax 181 135% 186 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 179 Splatting 127 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 450 454 435 440 437 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 457 Mixed 357 SusWrite 447 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 41.8 135% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Marvell Raid VD 0 500GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 389GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 244 248 253 161 197 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 318 Write 193 Mixed 161 SusWrite 223 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 22.3 80% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 81.3 83% 136 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 104%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 326GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 120 122 122 122 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 119 Write 119 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 121 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 80%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 495GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 130 130 131 132 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 89.5 Write 79 Mixed 66 SusWrite 130 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.3 250% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 80%
WD My Book 1170 3TB 622 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1.5TB free, PID 1170 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 124 124 124 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 116 Write 118 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 124 152% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 119% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8x8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 34.4 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 12.3 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	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	55x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 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 $179	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