Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	55.3% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '18 at 05:38
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 222 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 697 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 837 52% 837 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.5% Above average	Lighting 62.6 Reflection 65.9 Parallax 53.6 51% 60.7 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 57.8 Splatting 53.9 49% 61.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 54%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2599 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 161 Parallax 152 130% 158 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 150 Splatting 119 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 107 104 99 106 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 162 Write 138 Mixed 146 SusWrite 103 31% 137 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 29.5 116% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 142 111% 154 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 61%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 137GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 389 364 311 327 354 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 472 Mixed 384 SusWrite 356 92% 406 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 39.1 136% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 136 154% 261 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 798GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 139 139 140 136 139 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 167 Write 133 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 138 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 574GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 124 122 124 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 152 Write 165 Mixed 72 SusWrite 123 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 113%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 765GB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 119 114 118 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 71 Write 69.7 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 117 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 109%
Monster MONSTER DIGITAL 16GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 14GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 189 Write 25 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 25 61% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 36%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 108 105 109 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 133 Write 111 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 107 136% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 109% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 140GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 65 64 64 65 66 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 46.8 Write 41.5 Mixed 31 SusWrite 64.6 63% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 43%
Monster MONSTER DIGITAL 16GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 8GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 20 24 18 17 18 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 172 Write 25 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 19.1 56% 60 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.9 83% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 4x4GB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 34.2 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 13.9 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 100%

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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	280x
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	54x
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

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