Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	91.3% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '18 at 04:50
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 201 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 494 56% 436 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 645 4,869 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Nvidia(10DE 1029) 1GB CLim: 823 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Lighting 12 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 13.9 10% 12.3 fps	MRender 14.8 Gravity 14.2 Splatting 12.3 11% 13.7 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 384 414 415 245 204 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 424 Mixed 413 SusWrite 343 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 33.9 116% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 274 228% 329 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 123%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 861GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 165 164 165 167 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 75.5 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 165 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 123%
Marvell Raid VD 0 2TB 547 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2TB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 254 263 263 267 264 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 316 Write 221 Mixed 103 SusWrite 261 164% 225 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.5 335% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 164%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 3TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 896GB free, PID a0a4 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 134 132 131 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 142 Write 140 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 133 164% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 112% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 267 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 31.4 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.2 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 86%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

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
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 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 $273	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 $177	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