Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92% 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	110% 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 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140319
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '18 at 02:52
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 205 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 663 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 124 Parallax 106 95% 115 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 108 Splatting 107 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 428 423 411 415 400 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 402 Mixed 294 SusWrite 419 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 45.3 167% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 43.2 115% 246 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 116%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 139GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 219 224 222 215 222 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 354 Write 246 Mixed 272 SusWrite 221 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 39.1 163% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 35.4 84% 173 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 91%
Corsair CSSD-F12 120GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 89GB free Firmware: 1.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 72 64 73 68 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 136 Write 107 Mixed 127 SusWrite 70.3 25% 110 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 29.4 126% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 22.7 44% 90.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 53%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 121GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 231 228 226 227 228 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	89.4% Excellent	Read 248 Write 234 Mixed 222 SusWrite 229 53% 233 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 54.5 182% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 55.9 80% 149 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-037.A 2x8GB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 18.8 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 11.7 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 57%

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

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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

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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